Biography
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.
Filmography
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Crew
Crew Credits

The Rebellion of the Straw Men
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2001

Return Ticket
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1997

S.O.S. Szobafogság!
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1987

Giddy Vacations
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1987

Giddy Vacations
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1987

The Music of Life
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1984

A Harum-Scarum Family
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1981

That Lovely Green Grass
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1979

Vacations on the Dead Street
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1978

Upside Down
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976

Pikemen
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1975

Pikemen
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1975

A Lad on White Horse
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1973

Junior Jr. Comes
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1972

Hi, Junior!
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1971

The Wizard
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1969
The Heir
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1969

On Home Grounds
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1969
Isten óvd a királyt
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1968
Isten óvd a királyt
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1968