Béla Zsitkovszky (3 April 1868 - 16 September 1930) was a
Hungarian cinematographer
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and
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
. Zsitkovszky was a film
pioneer
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notable for producing the country's first ever film ''
The Dance'' (''A táncz'') in 1901. Zsitkovszky was a
cinema projectionist who was commissioned to make a film. He shot it entirely
on location as
Budapest
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lacked a
film studio
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. In 1901 he opened the first Hungarian
film laboratory A film laboratory is a commercial service enterprise and technical facility for the film industry where specialists develop, print, and conform film material for classical film production and distribution which is based on film material, such as n ...
.
[Cunningham p.8]
Selected filmography
Cinematographer
* ''
A Munkászubbony'' (1914)
* ''Ágyú és harang'' (1915)
* ''Lyon Lea (1915)
* ''
The Officer's Swordknot'' (1915)
* ''
The Village Rogue'' (1916)
* ''
The Karthauzer'' (1916)
* ''
The Laughing Saskia
''The Laughing Saskia'' (Hungarian: ''A Nevetö Szaszkia'') is a 1916 Hungarian silent drama film directed by Alexander Korda
Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; hu, Korda Sándor; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956) '' (1916)
* ''Az obsitos'' (1917)
* ''Tájfun'' (1917)
* ''Tüzpróba'' (1918)
* ''Az impresszárió'' (1918)
References
Bibliography
* Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004.
* Kulik, Karol. ''Alexander Korda: The Man Who Could Work Miracles''. Virgin Books, 1990.
External links
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1868 births
1930 deaths
Hungarian film directors
Hungarian cinematographers
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