András Rajnai was a Hungarian TV director and screenwriter who worked for Hungarian Television (Magyar Televízió Müvelödési Föszerkesztöség: MTV) between 1958 and 1996. He was born on July 7, 1934, in

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, and died on January 28, 2004 (age 69), also in Budapest. He was known for his use of blue-screen special effects techniques which he applied to television adaptations of science fiction and fantasy stories, by authors such as Stanislaw Lem,

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, Alexei Tolstoy,

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and others. His director credits (according to IMDb, except where otherwise indicated), are * 1994 Szent Gellért legendája (TV Movie) (also screenplay) * 1991 A próbababák bálja (TV Movie) * 1989 Szindbád nyolcadik utazása (TV Mini-Series) * 1985 Gyémántpiramis (TV Movie) * 1982 Régi idők sci-fije - Sci-fi of old times (TV Movie) * 1980 Aelita (TV Movie) Based on '' Aelita'' by Alexei Tolstoy * 1980 Szetna, a varázsló (TV Movie) * 1980 Ollantay, az Andok vezére (TV Movie) * 1980 A fejenincs Írástudó (TV Movie) * 1980 Gulliver az óriások országában (TV Movie) Based on ''

Gulliver's Travels ''Gulliver's Travels'', or ''Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships'' is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan ...

'' by

* 1979 Szávitri, az asszonyi hüség dicsérete (TV Movie) * 1978 Mesék az ezeregyéjszakáról (TV Movie) * 1978 A táltosfiú és a világfa (TV Movie) * 1978 Kalaf és Turandot története (TV Movie) * 1976 A halhatatlanság halála (TV Movie) (also screenplay) Based on ''

The End of Eternity ''The End of Eternity'' is a 1955 science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov with mystery and thriller elements on the subjects of time travel and social engineering. Its premise is that of a causal loop, a type of temporal paradox in which event ...

'' by

* 1975 Gilgames (TV Movie) (also screenplay) * 1974 Gulliver a törpék országában (TV Movie) (also screenplay) Based on ''

'' by

* 1974 Pokol - Inferno (TV Movie) Based on '' La Commedia Divina (The Divine Comedy)'' by

* 1973 Pirx kalandjai (TV Series) (also screenplay) Based on ''

Tales of Pirx the Pilot ''Tales of Pirx the Pilot'' is a science fiction stories collection by Polish author Stanisław Lem, about a spaceship pilot named Pirx. The first collection of stories about Pirx was published in 1965 in the Soviet Union in Russian under the ...

'' by Stanislaw Lem

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