György Szomjas (26 November 1940 – 7 April 2021) was a Hungarian

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 ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

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He directed more than 20 films from 1965 to 2021. His 1983 film ''

Tight Quarters ''Tight Quarters'' ( hu, Könnyű testi sértés) is a 1983 Hungarian drama film directed by György Szomjas. It was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Mariann Erdös as Éva (as Erdõs Mariann) * Nóra Görbe as ...

'' was entered into the

34th Berlin International Film Festival The 34th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 17–28 February 1984. The festival opened with ''The Noah's Ark Principle'' by Roland Emmerich. The Golden Bear was awarded to the American film '' Love Streams'' directed by John ...

. Szomjas is the father of the Hungarian

Ostern The Ostern (Eastern; , ''Istern''; or остерн) or Red Western was a film genre created in the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc as a variation of the Western films that originated in the United States. The word "Ostern" is a portmanteau derived ...

, the ''Goulash Western:'' in 1970s he directed two osterns about the Hungarian rascals the ''Wrong Doers'' and ''The Wind Blows Under Your Feet.''

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1983)

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* 1940 births 2021 deaths Hungarian film directors Hungarian screenwriters Male screenwriters Hungarian male writers Writers from Budapest {{Hungary-film-director-stub