Zoltán Fábri

Screenwriter, Film director

1917 – 1994

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Who was Zoltán Fábri?

Zoltán Fábri was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His films The Boys of Paul Street and Hungarians were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His 1965 film Twenty Hours shared the Grand Prix with War and Peace at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1969 film The Toth Family was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1975 film 141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival, where he won a Special Prize for Directing.

Fábri wanted to become an artist from an early age on. He studied painting and graduated at the Hungarian College of Fine Arts. He began working in the Hungarian film industry in 1950 as a production designer. He directed his first film Vihar in 1951. He became an internationally acclaimed director with his third feature Körhinta in 1956. He continued directing and writing until the early 1980s. After his retirement from the film industry Fábri taught on the Hungarian University of Theatrical and Film Arts. In his last years he wrote screenplays; they were never made. Fábri was also the president of the Hungarian Film Artist Union from 1959 to 1981.

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Born
Oct 15, 1917
Budapest
Also known as
  • Fábry Zoltán
  • Zoltán Furtkovics
  • Zoltán Furtkovits
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Nationality
  • Hungary
  • Austria-Hungary
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Died
Aug 23, 1994
Budapest

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on July 23, 2013

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