Pál Gábor (2 November 1932 – 21 October 1987) 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. ...

. He directed 20 films between 1962 and 1987. In 1979, he was a member of the jury at the

29th Berlin International Film Festival The 29th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20 February – 3 March 1979. The Golden Bear was awarded to the West German film ''David'' directed by Peter Lilienthal. Michael Cimino's ''The Deer Hunter'' was surrounded by controver ...

. His most famous work was 1978's ''

Angi Vera ''Angi Vera '' is a 1978 Hungarian drama film directed by Pál Gábor and starring Vera Pap. It was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick ...

'', about a woman in a re-education camp in post-war Hungary. His films usually focused on the concerns of people in communist Hungary.

Selected filmography

* '' Tiltott terület'' (1968) * '' Horizont'' (1970) * '' Utazás Jakabbal'' (1972) * ''A járvány'' (1975) * ''

'' (1978) * '' Kettévált mennyezet'' (1981) * '' Hosszú vágta'' (1983) * '' A menyasszony gyönyörű volt'' (1986)

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* 1932 births 1987 deaths Hungarian film directors Male screenwriters Hungarian male writers Writers from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian screenwriters {{Hungary-film-director-stub