György Gát (5 February 1947 – 13 March 2024), sometimes credited as George Gat, was a Hungarian television director and producer. He was also a regular lecturer at ELTE University in Budapest.

Biography

György Gát was born in

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on 5 February 1947. Gát's first hit was the crime-comedy

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'' (1984–1989). ''Linda'' starred his wife Nóra Görbe. It was during the

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of "Linda" that Gát became Hungary's first independent

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– a position that at the time the

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did not acknowledge. Gát subsequently created series "Angyalbőrben" (1990–1991), "Familia Kft." (1991–1997), "TV a város szélén" (1998), "SztárVár" (2005) and the

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"Szerencsi fel!" (2004). In 2008 he co-wrote and co-directed a

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to animated movie ''

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'', called "A Kis Vuk" (in English:

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). Gát had two children with Görbe, Anna (b. 1983) and Márton (b. 1989). He died on 13 March 2024, at the age of 77.

References

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