Gyula Maár (2 August 1934 – 20 December 2013) was a Hungarian

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. He directed 25 films between 1966 and 2007. His 1975 film, '' Mrs. Dery Where Are You?'' won the award for Best Actress ( Mari Törőcsik) at the

1976 Cannes Film Festival The 29th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 28 May 1976. American author Tennessee Williams served as jury president for the main competition. American filmmaker Martin Scorsese won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama ...

. In 1986, his film '' Első kétszáz évem'' was entered into the

36th Berlin International Film Festival The 36th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held 14–25 February 1986. The festival opened with '' Ginger and Fred'' by Federico Fellini, which played out of competition at the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to West German ...

. In 1993, his film '' Whoops'' was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.

Selected filmography

* '' Mrs. Dery Where Are You?'' (1975) * ''

Macbeth ''The Tragedy of Macbeth'', often shortened to ''Macbeth'' (), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambiti ...

'' (1982) * '' Első kétszáz évem'' (1985) * '' Whoops'' (1993)

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* 1934 births 2013 deaths Hungarian film directors 20th-century Hungarian screenwriters Hungarian male screenwriters Writers from Budapest {{Hungary-film-director-stub