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George Pal
Cegléd, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
George Pal (born Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak; February 1, 1908 – May 2, 1980) was a Hungarian-American animator, film director and producer. He is best known for his classic Puppetoon…
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George Pal (born Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak; February 1, 1908 – May 2, 1980) was a Hungarian-American 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.
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1986
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
Movie Self
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1975
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
Movie Screenplay
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1971
The Tool Box
Movie Producer
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1968
The Power
Movie Producer
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1964
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Movie Director
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1962
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Movie Director
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1961
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Movie Director
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1960
The Time Machine
Movie Director
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1958
Tom Thumb
Movie Producer
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1957
The First Christmas
Movie Director
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1957
The Big Fun Carnival
Movie Director
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1955
Conquest of Space
Movie Producer
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1954
The Naked Jungle
Movie Producer
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1953
Houdini
Movie Producer
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1953
The War of the Worlds
Movie Bum #1 Listening to Radio (uncredited)
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1951
When Worlds Collide
Movie Producer
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1950
Destination Moon
Movie Producer
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1950
The Great Rupert
Movie Producer
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1949
City at Night
Movie Self
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1947
Rhapsody in Wood
Movie Director
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1947
Date with Duke
Movie Director
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1947
Tubby the Tuba
Movie Director
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1947
Wilbur the Lion
Movie Director
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1947
Shoe Shine Jasper
Movie Director
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1946
Jasper in a Jam
Movie Producer
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1946
John Henry and the Inky-Poo
Movie Director
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1946
Together in the Weather
Movie Director
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1946
Olio for Jasper
Movie Director
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1946
Prospecting for Petroleum
Movie Producer
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1945
My Man Jasper
Movie Director
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1945
Jasper and the Beanstalk
Movie Director
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1945
Jasper's Close Shave
Movie Director
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1945
Jasper's Boobytraps
Movie Director
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1945
Jasper's Minstrels
Movie Director
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1945
A Hatful of Dreams
Movie Director
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1945
Hotlip Jasper
Movie Director
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1944
Two-Gun Rusty
Movie Director
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1944
Jasper's Paradise
Movie Director
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1944
Jasper Tell
Movie Director
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1944
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
Movie Director
