George Mihalka (born 1953) is a Hungarian-born

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filmmaker. He is known for his 1981

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'' My Bloody Valentine'' which was remade in 2009.

Career

In Canada since 1963, George Mihalka studied film at Concordia University in

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. In 1981, he directed '' My Bloody Valentine'', a low-budget ‘slasher’ for Paramount that was a modest box office hit. He has since directed in Quebec, Europe and the U.S., moving with ease from French to English, comedy to drama, theatrical features to episodic television. His 1993 satirical feature, ''La Florida'', about Quebec snowbirds, was a huge hit in that province and the Golden Reel Award winner for the highest-grossing Canadian film of the year.

Filmography

*'' Pick-up Summer'' (1980) *'' My Bloody Valentine'' (1981) *''

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'' (1982) *''

The Blue Man ''The Blue Man'' is a mystery, science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technol ...

'' (1985) *'' Shades of Love: Midnight Magic'' (1988) *'' Office Party'' (1988) *'' Le chemin de Damas'' (1988) *'' Crossbow: The Movie'' (1989) *''

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'' (1990) *''

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'' (1991) *'' The Final Heist'' (1991) *'' La Florida'' (1993) *''

Relative Fear ''Relative Fear'' (also known as ''The Child'' and ''Le silence d'Adam'') is a 1994 Canadian independent psychological horror film that references the 1956 film '' The Bad Seed''. An autistic child is seemingly born to kill and does so. Cast *M ...

(1994) *'' Deceptions II: Edge of Deception'' (1995) *''

Bullet to Beijing ''Bullet to Beijing'' is a 1995 made-for-television film that continues the adventures of the fictional spy Harry Palmer, who appeared in the 1960s films ''The Ipcress File'', ''Funeral in Berlin'' and ''Billion Dollar Brain'', based on books ...

'' (1995) *''

The Ideal Man ''The Ideal Man'' (french: L'Homme idéal) is a Canadian romantic comedy film, directed by George Mihalka and released in 1996. The film stars Marie-Lise Pilote as Lucie, a successful magazine editor who feels her biological clock ticking as she h ...

'' (1996) *''

Windsor Protocol ''Windsor Protocol'' is a 1997 British-Canadian television thriller film directed by George Mihalka and starring Kyle MacLachlan. It is "''inspired by the characters created by Jack Higgins''", particularly Sean Dillon. The Windsor Protocol ...

'' (1996) *''

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'' (1998) *'' Dr Lucille: The Lucille Teasdale Story'' (2001) *''

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'' (2001) *''

Les Boys IV ''Les Boys'' is a 1997 Quebec-made comedy film directed by Louis Saia. It has spawned three sequels and by any measure (profit, box office or attendance) is the most successful Quebec made film series of all time, and one of the most successful ...

'' (2005) *'' Sticks and Stones'' (2008) *'' Bloodlust: My Bloody Valentine and the Rise of the Slasher Film'' (2009) *'' Faith, Fraud, & Minimum Wage'' (2011) *'' Black Christmas Legacy'' (2015) *''Needles'' (TBA)

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* Hungarian film directors Film directors from Montreal Horror film directors Living people 1953 births Hungarian television directors Canadian television directors Hungarian emigrants to Canada {{Canada-film-director-stub