György Palásthy

Directing·Jan 12, 1931·Esztergom, Hungary

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György Palásthy ( Esztergom , January 12 , 1931 – Budapest , April 16, 2012 ) Hungarian film director and screenwriter, winner of the Béla Balázs Prize . His parents were Sándor Palásthy and Anna Blahovics. He was studying electrical engineering when he won a literary competition at the age of 16. In 1950, he was admitted to the Academy of Theater and Film Arts , where he graduated in 1954 with a degree in film directing. He then became an employee of Mafilm . His first work was the script for the 1959 film Kölyök . He became one of the first managers of the Balázs Béla Studio, founded in 1959 . From 1960, he also worked for Hungarian Television . In 1961, Is Everyone Innocent? was his first independent direction of the feature film. In 1962, he married Ilona Dávid. They had three children: Ágnes (1954), György (1958) and Beáta (1963). He directed children's films from 1969. He was a board member of the Film Arts Association.

Film	Credit
The Rebellion of the Straw Men2001 · Director	Director
Return Ticket1997 · Director	Director
S.O.S. Szobafogság!1987 · Director	Director
Giddy Vacations1987 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Music of Life1984 · Director	Director
A Harum-Scarum Family1981 · Director	Director
That Lovely Green Grass1979 · Director	Director
Vacations on the Dead Street1978 · Director	Director
Upside Down1976 · Director	Director
Pikemen1975 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
A Lad on White Horse1973 · Director	Director
Junior Jr. Comes1972 · Director	Director
Hi, Junior!1971 · Director	Director
The Wizard1969 · Director	Director
TThe Heir1969 · Director	Director
On Home Grounds1969 · Director	Director
IIsten óvd a királyt1968 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
TThe Widow and the Police Officer1967 · Director	Director
Faithful for Nothing1966 · Director	Director
Ketten haltak meg1966 · Director	Director
Másfél millió1964 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Naked Diplomat1963 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
A Bus Does Not Stop1962 · Director	Director
Alba Regia1961 · Writer	Writer
Our Kid1959 · Writer	Writer
VVII. OlivérWriter	Writer