George Pal
January 31, 1908 (116 years old) in Cegléd, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Hungarian born George Pal (born Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak) was an animator, film director and producer. He is best known for his classic Puppetoon replacement animation short films, as well as his association with the Fantasy and Science Fiction genres. Pal was nominated for Academy Awards (in the category Best Short Subject, Cartoons) in seven consecutive years (1942–1948). He received an honorary Oscar, for the development of novel animation methods and techniques, in 1944.
Known For
Credits
- 1986 · The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal as Self
- 1953 · The War of the Worlds as Bum #1 Listening to Radio (uncredited)
- 1949 · City at Night as Self