George Pal

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-01-31 (72 years old)

Deathday

1980-05-02

Place of Birth

Cegléd, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

George Pal

Biography

George Pal (born Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak; February 1, 1908 – May 2, 1980) was a Hungarian-American animator, film director and producer. He is best known for his classic Puppetoon replacement animation short films, as well as his association with the Fantasy and Science Fiction genres. Pal was nominated for Academy Awards (in the category Best Short Subject, Cartoons) in seven consecutive years (1942–1948). He received an honorary Oscar, for the development of novel animation methods and techniques, in 1944.

Acting

1949

1953

The War of the Worlds

as Bum #1 Listening to Radio (uncredited)

Production

1960

The Time Machine

as Director

1960

The Time Machine

as Producer

1950

Destination Moon

as Producer

1964

1954

The Naked Jungle

as Producer

1951

1958

Tom Thumb

as Producer

1958

Tom Thumb

as Director

1935

1945

1943

1943

1936

1940

Friend in Need

as Director

1934

1936

Ether Symphony

as Director

1947

Tubby the Tuba

as Director

1943

1944

Say Ah, Jasper

as Director

1944

Say Ah, Jasper

as Producer

1943

1944

1944

1935

The Magic Atlas

as Director

1934

1945

Hot Lip Jasper

as Director

1945

1946

Olio for Jasper

as Director

1947

Date with Duke

as Director

1941

Hoola Boola

as Director

1942

The Sky Princess

as Director

1943

1944

1945

My Man Jasper

as Director

1947

Wilbur the Lion

as Director

1937

1935

1936

On Parade!

as Director

1941

Western Daze

as Director

1944

Two-Gun Rusty

as Director

1955

1943

1944

1947

1953

Houdini

as Producer

1957

1957

1964

1934

Philips Cavalcade

as Director of Photography

1942

1942

Tulips Shall Grow

as Cinematography

1946

Jasper in a Jam

as Producer

1946

1946

1947

Tubby the Tuba

as Producer

1942

1942

1968

The Power

as Producer

1935

1939

1939

Love on the Range

as Director of Photography

1938

1938

South Sea Sweethearts

as Executive Producer

1938

South Sea Sweethearts

as Director of Photography

1938

1944

1944

1941

1953

1950

The Great Rupert

as Producer

1947

Rhapsody in Wood

as Director

1944

1941

Dipsy Gypsy

as Director

1934

1937

Rescue Brigade

as Director

1935

1941

1938

Sky Pirates

as Director

1945

1943

1944

Jasper Tell

as Director

1970

The Tool Box

as Producer

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