Notable Alumni of Academy of Drama and Film [Sorted List]

1. Ádám Szirtes

1925-1989 (aged 64)

actor television actor voice actor

Ádám Szirtes was a Hungarian actor.

2. Ferenc Elek

1974-. (aged 52)

actor

Ferenc Elek is a Hungarian actor. He appeared in more than ninety films since 1987. He is best known for his performance as Zoli in Question in Details.

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3. Vera Pap

1956-2015 (aged 59)

actor

Vera Pap was a Hungarian actress. She appeared in more than fifty films from 1960 to 2015.

4. Kati Lázár

1948-. (aged 78)

actor director film director

Kati Lázár is a Hungarian actress. She appeared in more than eighty films since 1972.

5. Ágnes Bánfalvy

1954-. (aged 72)

actor

Ágnes Bánfalvy is a Hungarian actress. She came to notice playing Little Red Riding Hood when she was 24. She has appeared in more than fifty films since 1975.

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6. Zita Szeleczky

1915-1999 (aged 84)

actor

Zita Szeleczky was a Hungarian stage and film actress.

7. Hédi Váradi

1929-1987 (aged 58)

actor

Hédi Váradi was a Hungarian actress.

8. Violetta Ferrari

1930-2014 (aged 84)

film actor voice actor stage actor

Violetta Ferrari was a Hungarian actress. She died on 23 January 2014, aged 83, in Budapest.

9. Erzsébet Kútvölgyi

1950-. (aged 76)

voice actor actor

Erzsébet Kútvölgyi is a Jászai Mari Award and Kossuth Prize-winning Hungarian actress.

10. Imre Soós

1930-1957 (aged 27)

stage actor film actor

Imre Soós was a Hungarian actor, mostly known for his roles in communist propaganda films during the 1950s. He played the leading role in the 1956 film Körhinta.

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11. Zoltán Várkonyi

1912-1979 (aged 67)

film director director actor pedagogue theatre manager

Zoltán Várkonyi was a Hungarian actor and film director. In 1961, he was a member of the jury at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival. Four years later, he was a member of the jury at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.

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12. Éva Schubert

1931-2017 (aged 86)

actor theatrical director

Éva Schubert was a Hungarian actress, who won a Kossuth Prize in 2013 for her lifetime achievement. She was born and died in Budapest.

13. Gabriella Hámori

1978-. (aged 48)

actor

Gabriella Hámori is a Hungarian actress. She appeared in more than twenty films since 2000.

14. András Bálint

1943-. (aged 83)

film actor actor stage actor

András Bálint is a Hungarian actor. He has appeared in more than 75 films and television shows since 1958.

15. Sándor Gáspár

1956-. (aged 70)

actor

Sándor Gáspár is a Hungarian actor. He appeared in more than seventy films since 1978. His brother Tibor Gáspár is also an actor.

16. Tamás Major

1910-1986 (aged 76)

theatrical director film actor university teacher television actor actor

Tamás Major was a Hungarian stage and film actor. He also acted as the director of the Hungarian National Theatre from 1945 to 1962.

17. Lajos Básti

1911-1977 (aged 66)

actor university teacher

Lajos Básti was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1935 to 1977.

18. László Gálffi

1952-. (aged 74)

stage actor film actor actor university teacher

László Gálffi is a Hungarian actor. He was born in Budapest.

19. Lajos Koltai

1946-. (aged 80)

cinematographer film director

Lajos Koltai, ASC, HSC, is a Hungarian cinematographer and film director, best known for his work with directors István Szabó and Giuseppe Tornatore.

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20. László Sinkó

1940-2015 (aged 75)

actor

László Sinkó was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in more than 90 films and television shows between 1959 and 2009.

21. Miklós Gábor

1919-1998 (aged 79)

director stage actor screenwriter actor film actor

Miklós Gábor was a Hungarian actor, most remembered for his roles in films Valahol Európában and Mágnás Miska. He was husband to Éva Ruttkai, and later Éva Vass.

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22. Marianne Krencsey

1931-2016 (aged 85)

actor theatrical director

Marianne Krencsey was a Hungarian stage, film and television actress.

23. Péter Andorai

1948-2020 (aged 72)

film actor

Péter Andorai was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in more than 90 films since 1975. He starred in the 1980 film Bizalom, which was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for Best Director.

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24. Gyula Maár

1934-2013 (aged 79)

screenwriter director film director

Gyula Maár was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. 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. In 1986, his film Első kétszáz évem was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1993, his film Whoops...

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25. András Kepes

1948-. (aged 78)

university teacher writer journalist

András Kepes is a Hungarian author, television host, documentary filmmaker and academic. He is Professor of film and media and Chair of the Council of Arts of the Budapest Metropolitan University (METU).

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26. Lajos Őze

1935-1984 (aged 49)

actor

Lajos Őze was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in over 80 films between 1955 and 1984. He starred in the 1976 film The Fifth Seal, which was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.

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27. István Kovács

1970-. (aged 56)

athlete boxer

István Kovács is a Hungarian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1964.

28. László Bánhidi

1906-1984 (aged 78)

actor television actor

László Bánhidi was a Hungarian actor.

29. László Marton

1943-2019 (aged 76)

university teacher artistic director theatrical director

László Marton was a Hungarian contemporary theatre director. Marton was the artistic director of the Vígszínház and professor of the University of Theatre, Film and Television in Budapest. Marton was known for directing classics through a new lens and his productions have been seen in more than 40 cities throughout the world.

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30. István Csurka

1934-2012 (aged 78)

writer journalist dramaturge politician

István Csurka was a Hungarian nationalist politician, journalist and writer. He was the founder and inaugural leader of the Hungarian Justice and Life Party (MIÉP) from 1993 until his death. He was also a Member of Parliament from 1990 to 1994 and from 1998 to 2002.

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31. György Moldova

1934-2022 (aged 88)

writer journalist dramaturge screenwriter

György Moldova was the author of more than seventy books in Hungary that have collectively sold more than 13 million copies, more than any other Hungarian writer. He is best known for his richly detailed sociological nonfiction focusing on everyday life and concerns within specific industries or professions (e.g., railway, mining, and law enforcement) and in particular regions of Hungary—thoroughly...

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32. László Görög

1964-. (aged 62)

actor

László Görög is a Hungarian actor as well as voice actor mostly known for his roles in Samba, Argo and Jumurdzsák gyűrűje (Yoomurjak's Ring (2006).

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33. László Márkus

1927-1985 (aged 58)

actor

László Márkus was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in over 90 films and television shows between 1952 and 1985. He starred in the 1985 film Első kétszáz évem, which was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.

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34. Károly Eperjes

1954-. (aged 72)

actor screenwriter film actor politician stage actor

Károly Eperjes is a Kossuth Prize winner Hungarian stage and film actor, member of the National Theatre in Budapest. Eperjes appeared in more than fifty films since 1982.

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35. Ilona Béres

1942-. (aged 84)

actor

Ilona Béres is a Hungarian film and television actress.

36. Lajos Balázsovits

1946-2023 (aged 77)

film actor actor theatrical director

Lajos Balázsovits was a Hungarian film actor. He appeared in 60 films from 1968 to 2006.

37. Károly Makk

1925-2017 (aged 92)

screenwriter film director director actor

Károly Makk was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Five of his films were nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival; however, he won lesser awards at Cannes and elsewhere. He was born in Berettyóújfalu, Hungary.

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38. József Madaras

1937-2007 (aged 70)

actor screenwriter writer director film actor

József Madaras was a Hungarian film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1958 and 2006.

39. Nóra Görbe

1956-. (aged 70)

singer actor

Nóra Görbe is a Hungarian pop singer and actress.

40. András Kozák

1943-2005 (aged 62)

stage actor film actor

András Kozák was a Hungarian film actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1962 to 2005.

41. Gábor Harsányi

1945-. (aged 81)

actor

Gábor Harsányi is a Hungarian actor.

42. Ildikó Bánsági

1947-. (aged 79)

actor film actor

Ildikó Bánsági is a Hungarian actress, Kossuth Prize and Jászai Mari Award winner, member of the Halhatatlanok Társulata, full member of the Magyar Művészeti Akadémia.

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43. László Tahi Tóth

1944-2018 (aged 74)

film actor actor television actor

László Tahi Tóth was a Kossuth Prize-awarded Hungarian stage, television and film actor. He was a member of The Vígszínház.

44. Miklós Szinetár

1932-. (aged 94)

film director television director university teacher theatre manager film screenwriter

Miklós Szinetár is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 20 films between 1962 and 1991. His 1979 film The Fortress was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.

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45. Gábor Máté

1944-. (aged 82)

physician psychotherapist writer

Gábor Máté is a Hungarian actor and film director. He appeared in more than seventy films since 1976.

46. Erzsi Pásztor

1936-. (aged 90)

voice actor actor

Erzsi Pásztor is a Hungarian actress. She appeared in more than one hundred films since 1959.

47. Irén Psota

1929-2016 (aged 87)

writer singer actor film actor

Irén Psota was a Hungarian actress, who received two Kossuth Awards.

48. Ildikó Pécsi

1940-2020 (aged 80)

actor theatrical director politician

Ildikó Pécsi was a Hungarian actress. She appeared in more than one hundred films since 1961.

49. András Máté Gömöri

1992-. (aged 34)

actor

András Máté Gömöri is a Hungarian actor, bodybuilder and powerlifter.

50. Dezső Garas

1934-2011 (aged 77)

actor film screenwriter film director

Dezső Garas was a Hungarian actor, who appeared in more than 145 films and television shows since 1956. He starred in the 1993 film Whoops, which was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. Garas died in Budapest on 30 December 2011, aged 77, following a long kidney-related illness.

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51. Gábor Koncz

1938-. (aged 88)

actor

Gábor Koncz is a Hungarian actor. In the US, he is well known for playing Vagran Rostavili, brother of the main antagonist Viktor Rostavili in Red Heat (1988).

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52. Eszter Ónodi

1973-. (aged 53)

actor

Eszter Ónodi is a Hungarian film and theater actress.

53. Judit Halász

1942-. (aged 84)

singer actor voice actor

Judit Halász is a Hungarian actress and singer. She has appeared in more than sixty films since 1962.

54. Miklós Benedek

1946-2024 (aged 78)

actor theatrical director

Miklós Benedek was a Hungarian actor and writer. He is most noted for his role of Mr. Fritz Teufel in the 1986 movie Cat City.

55. Béla Ernyey

1942-. (aged 84)

singer television actor writer actor film actor

Béla Ernyey is a Hungarian film, television actor and singer with an Austrian passport.

56. Vera Venczel

1946-2021 (aged 75)

actor

Vera Venczel was a Hungarian actress.

57. Imre Józsa

1954-2016 (aged 62)

voice actor actor

Imre Józsa was a Hungarian actor and voice actor. He was awarded numerous prizes such as Jászai Mari-Prize.

58. Kornél Mundruczó

1975-. (aged 51)

actor screenwriter director

Kornél Mundruczó is a Hungarian film and theatre director. He is most known for his films about contemporary Hungary. White God (2014), won the Un Certain Regard prize at the 67th Cannes Film Festival. While Delta (2008) Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project (2010) and Jupiter's Moon (2017) were nominated for the Palme d'Or.

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59. Pál Mácsai

1961-. (aged 65)

actor theatrical director

Pál Mácsai is a Hungarian actor. He has appeared in more than forty films since 1983.

60. János Gálvölgyi

1948-. (aged 78)

voice actor actor

János Gálvölgyi is a Hungarian actor and comedian. First appearing in 1968's Ki Mit Tud? talent show, he gained national fame for making numerous comedy sketches in the Hungarian National Television, becoming one of the best known comedy actors in the country.

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61. Imre Sinkovits

1928-2001 (aged 73)

actor

Imre Sinkovits was a Hungarian actor.

62. Roland Selmeczi

1969-2008 (aged 39)

actor dub actor television actor

Roland Selmeczi was a Hungarian actor. He played in theatre plays, in movies and television series, and provided dub in many television series like House M.D. (Dr. James Wilson), 24 (Jack Bauer), Sliders (Quinn Mallory) and Desperate Housewives (Mike Delfino). He also was known to dub Brad Pitt and Antonio Banderas several times.

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63. Péter Haumann

1941-2022 (aged 81)

director actor

Péter Haumann was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1962.

64. György Cserhalmi

1948-. (aged 78)

stage actor film actor

György Cserhalmi is a Hungarian actor. He graduated from the Actors Academy in 1971. He is also the founder of the Labdater Theatre in the Globe cultural centre.

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65. Piroska Molnár

1945-. (aged 81)

actor

Piroska Molnár is a Hungarian actress. She has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1967.

66. Judit Schell

1973-. (aged 53)

actor film director

Judit Schell is a Hungarian actress.

67. Mátyás Usztics

1949-2017 (aged 68)

actor television actor

Mátyás Usztics was a Hungarian stage and film actor, most notable for his role of Sgt. János Karádi in the Hungarian television show Angyalbőrben. As a regular voice actor too, he was the Hungarian dubbing voice of Roger Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Gopher in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. He served as founding director of...

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68. András Kern

1948-. (aged 78)

actor screenwriter theatrical director voice actor film director

András Kern is a Hungarian actor, producer, writer, singer and comedian.

69. Hilda Gobbi

1913-1988 (aged 75)

philanthropist actor

Hilda Emília Gizella Gobbi was an award-winning Hungarian actress, known for her portrayals of elderly women. One of her most beloved performances was as Aunt Szabo in the radio soap opera The Szabo Family. A resistance member during World War II, she attempted to facilitate the reconstruction of the National Theatre by sponsoring a fundraising drive. Committed to her craft,...

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70. Enikő Eszenyi

1961-. (aged 65)

film director singer director actor

Enikő Eszenyi is a Hungarian actress and theater director, recipient of Kossuth Prize (2001). She appeared in 1991's Paths of Death and Angels.

71. Róbert Alföldi

1967-. (aged 59)

television presenter theatrical director voice actor actor theatre manager

Róbert Alföldi is a Hungarian actor, director and television host. He was the director of the Hungarian National Theater for five years from 1 July 2008 until 2013.

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72. Lilla Polyák

1976-. (aged 50)

singer actor

Lilla Polyák is a Hungarian actress and singer.

73. Ildikó Enyedi

1955-. (aged 71)

screenwriter film director director lecturer

Ildikó Enyedi is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for directing On Body and Soul, which won the Golden Bear at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, among other awards, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, representing Hungary.

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74. Gábor Reviczky

1949-. (aged 77)

voice actor actor

Gábor Reviczky is a Hungarian actor.

75. Judit Hernádi

1956-. (aged 70)

voice actor actor

Judit Hernádi is a Hungarian actress.

76. Sándor Csányi

1953-. (aged 73)

banker economist

Sándor Csányi, is a Hungarian actor.

77. Miklós Jancsó

1921-2014 (aged 93)

screenwriter film director film screenwriter film actor

Miklós Jancsó was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Jancsó achieved international prominence starting in the mid-1960s with works including The Round-Up (Szegénylegények, 1965), The Red and the White (Csillagosok, katonák, 1967), and Red Psalm (Még kér a nép, 1971).

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78. Attila Kaszás

1960-2007 (aged 47)

singer television actor film actor dub actor stage actor

Attila Kaszás was a Slovak-born Hungarian actor.

79. Réka Tenki

1986-. (aged 40)

actor film actor

Réka Tenki is a Hungarian actress. Her film credits include On Body and Soul and Budapest Noir. Her television credits include Mellékhatás (televíziós sorozat).

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80. Dorottya Udvaros

1954-. (aged 72)

actor child actor voice actor

Dorottya Udvaros is a Hungarian actress. She has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1976. She won the award for Best Actress at the 15th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in Love, Mother.

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81. Róbert Koltai

1943-. (aged 83)

screenwriter stage actor film director comedian film actor

Róbert Koltai is a Hungarian actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in over 90 films since 1967. He appeared in the 1976 film Man Without a Name, which was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement. He also appeared in Béla Tarr's 1981 film, The Prefab...

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82. Györgyi Lang

1957-2023 (aged 66)

singer actor presenter

Györgyi Lang was a Hungarian actress and singer. She was a member of the Hungarian music duo Pa-dö-dő. Lang died on 20 May 2023, at the age of 66.

83. János Kulka

1958-. (aged 68)

actor

János Kulka is a Hungarian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1980, and is a leading stage actor of his generation in Hungary. He received the Kossuth and Jászai Mari Prize; he is an eternal member of the Society of Immortals.

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84. István Szabó

1938-. (aged 88)

screenwriter film director prose writer writer film actor

István Szabó is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director.

85. Kátya Tompos

1983-2024 (aged 41)

singer actor

Katalin "Kátya" Tompos was a Hungarian actress and singer known for her theatrical and film roles as well as for her often ethnically themed musical performances.

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86. András Stohl

1967-. (aged 59)

presenter actor television actor

András Stohl is a Hungarian actor.

87. Géza Röhrig

1967-. (aged 59)

actor poet writer film actor television actor

Géza Röhrig is a Hungarian actor and poet. He is best known for his role in the 2015 film Son of Saul, which won the Grand Prix at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

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88. Kata Dobó

1974-. (aged 52)

model film director actor film actor

Kata Dobó or Kata Dobo is a Hungarian actress and filmmaker.

89. Alexandra Borbély

1986-. (aged 40)

actor

Alexandra Borbély, legally known as Alexandra Borbélyová, is a Slovakian theater and film actress acting in Hungarian films, notable for playing the role of Mária in the film On Body and Soul.

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90. Károly Gesztesi

1963-2020 (aged 57)

dub actor stage actor television actor actor film actor

Károly Gesztesi was a Hungarian actor. He was also known as voice actor, in particular for providing the Hungarian dubbing of Shrek from the movie of the same name.

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91. Gyula Bodrogi

1934-. (aged 92)

theatre manager actor theatrical director

Gyula Bodrogi is a Hungarian television and film actor.

92. Béla Tarr

1955-2026 (aged 71)

film producer screenwriter director anarchist film screenwriter

Béla Tarr was a Hungarian film director, screenwriter and producer. His films are distinguished by languid pacing, stark black-and-white visuals, extended long takes, and an absence of traditional plotting. They explore existential themes and often focus on marginalized, desperate characters in bleak landscapes. He became known as a founding figure of the slow cinema genre, most notably with his influential...

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93. Mari Törőcsik

1935-2021 (aged 86)

film actor actor stage actor

Mari Törőcsik was a Hungarian stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 170 films from 1956 to 2020. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival for the film Mrs. Dery Where Are You?

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94. Nimród Antal

1973-. (aged 53)

screenwriter film director cinematographer actor film actor

Nimród E. Antal is a Hungarian-American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the films Vacancy (2007), Predators (2010), and Retribution (2023).

95. Dorka Gryllus

1972-. (aged 54)

film director singer actor film actor

Dorka Gryllus is a Hungarian film and theatre actress. She is the daughter of Dániel Gryllus, a Hungarian musician, performer and composer, founding member of folk music group Kaláka and Katalin Kőváry, a theatre director and screenwriter. Gryllus grew up in Budapest and graduated from the College of Theater and Film Arts in 1998. Between 1998 and 2003 she was...

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96. Vilmos Zsigmond

1930-2016 (aged 86)

cinematographer film producer

Vilmos Zsigmond ASC was a Hungarian-American cinematographer. His work helped shape the look of American movies in the 1970s, making him one of the leading figures in the American New Wave movement. In 2003, he was voted as one of the ten most influential cinematographers in history by the members of the International Cinematographers Guild.

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97. Robert Puzser

1974-. (aged 52)

presenter journalist critic opinion journalist

Róbert Puzsér is a Hungarian publicist, anchorman, editor and social critic.

98. Cecília Esztergályos

1943-. (aged 83)

ballet dancer actor

Cecília Esztergályos is a Hungarian actress. She appeared in more than seventy films since 1962.

99. Erika Marozsán

1972-. (aged 54)

actor film actor

Erika Marozsán is a Hungarian actress.

100. Zoltán Fábri

1917-1994 (aged 77)

film director actor university teacher scenographer film screenwriter

Zoltán Fábri was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His films The Boys of Paul Street (1969) and Hungarians (1978) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His 1965 film Twenty Hours shared the Grand Prix with War and Peace at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1969 film The Toth Family was entered into...

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