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István Szabó (I)

Director | Writer | Actor

Istvan Szabo is the best-known and one of the most critically acclaimed Hungarian film directors of the past few decades. In the 1960s and '70s he directed auteur films in Hungarian, which explore his own generation's experiences and recent Hungarian history (Apa (1966); Szerelmesfilm (1970); Tuzoltó utca 25... See full bio »

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in Budapest, Hungary
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2012/I The Door
 
2006 Rokonok
 
2004 Being Julia
 
2004 Európából Európába (documentary short) (segment 2)
 
2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (segment "Ten Minutes After")
 
2001 Taking Sides
 
1999 Sunshine
 
1996 Offenbachs Geheimnis (TV movie)
 
1992 Édes Emma, drága Böbe - vázlatok, aktok
 
1991 Meeting Venus
 
1988 Hanussen
 
1985 Colonel Redl
 
1984 Bali (TV movie)
 
1983 Katzenspiel (TV movie)
 
1982 Levél apámhoz (TV movie)
 
1981 Mephisto
 
1980 Der grüne Vogel
 
1980 Bizalom
 
1977 Várostérkép (short)
 
1977 Budapesti mesék
 
1974 Ösbemutató (TV movie)
 
1973 Tüzoltó utca 25.
 
1972 Dream About a House (short)
 
1971 Budapest, Why I Love It
 
1970 Lovefilm
 
1968 Bors (TV series)
– Vesztegzár a határon (1968)
 
1967 Piety (short)
 
1966 Father
 
1965 Age of Illusions
 
1965 Traffic-Rule Tale for Children (short)
 
1963 You (short)
 
1962 Koncert (short)
 
1961 Variációk egy témára (short)
 
1960 Bill Poster (short)
 
1959 A Hetedik napon (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (26 titles)
2012/I The Door (screenplay)
 
2011 Albert Nobbs (story)
 
2006 Rokonok (screenplay)
 
2002 Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (segment Ten Minutes After)
 
1999 Sunshine (screenplay / story)
 
1992 Édes Emma, drága Böbe - vázlatok, aktok
 
1991 Meeting Venus (written by)
 
1988 Hanussen (writer)
 
1986 Isten teremtményei (TV movie) (story)
 
1985 Colonel Redl (screenplay)
 
1984 Bali (TV movie)
 
1981 Mephisto
 
1980 Der grüne Vogel
 
1980 Bizalom (screenplay / story)
 
1977 Budapesti mesék
 
1974 Ösbemutató (TV movie) (screenplay)
 
1973 Tüzoltó utca 25. (writer)
 
1972 Dream About a House (short)
 
1970 Lovefilm (screenplay / story)
 
1966 Father
 
1965 Age of Illusions
 
1965 Artists (short)
 
1965 Traffic-Rule Tale for Children (short)
 
1963 You (short) (writer)
 
1962 Délibáb minden mennyiségben
 
1961 Variációk egy témára (short)
 
Show ShowActor (10 titles)
2006 I Served the King of England
Stock Marketeer
 
2006 Rokonok
Mr. Menzel (voice)
 
2004 Shem
Elijah
 
2001 Taking Sides
Passanger on Train (uncredited)
 
1998 Place Vendôme
Charlie Rosen
 
1997 Franciska vasárnapjai
Orvos
 
1994 Utrius
 
1989 Túsztörténet
Fõorvos
 
1984 Bali (TV movie)
Emigrant auf Java
 
1981 Mephisto
Theatre party attendant (uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (5 titles)
2003 The Colour of Happiness (consultant)
 
1995 Esti Kornél csodálatos utazása (consultant)
 
1987 Laura (consultant)
 
1967 Red Letter Days (script editor)
 
1966 Children's Sicknesses (script editor)
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
2012/I The Door (executive producer)
 
1993 Prinzenbad (producer)
 
1963 You (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1999 Sunshine (lyrics: "Please God May We Always Go on Singing")
 
1966 Párbeszéd (assistant director)
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2011 Albert Nobbs (special thanks - as Istvan Szabo)
 
2010 The Days of Desire (special thanks)
 
1981 Boldog születésnapot, Marilyn! (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (15 titles)
2010 Sodankylä ikuisesti (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Ensimmäisen elokuvamuiston kaiho (2010) … Himself
– Elokuvan vuosisata (2010) … Himself
 
2008 Szakácskirály (TV series)
Himself
 
2007 Close-up (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Bela Lugosi: Dracula's Dubbelganger (2007) … Himself
 
2007 The Fallen Vampire (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Outsider (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Into the Night with... (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Otto Sander und István Szabó (2005) … Himself
 
2005 The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Audience Member
 
2004 The 2004 European Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Gero von Boehm begegnet... (TV series documentary)
Himself
– István Szabó (2004) … Himself
 
2002 Simó Sándor (documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Nominee: Best Director
 
1999 The European Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1998 TV a város szélén (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1998) … Himself
 
1982 The 54th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Winner: Best Foreign Language Film
 
1982 Történetek a magyar filmröl (documentary)
 

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Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1985. See more »

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Star Sign:

Aquarius