Miklós Jancsó

Biography

Miklós Jancsó (27 September 1921 – 31 January 2014) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Jancsó achieved international prominence from the mid-1960s onwards, with works including The Round Up (Szegénylegények, 1965), The Red and the White (Csillagosok, katonák, 1967) and Red Psalm (Még kér a nép, 1971).  Jancsó's films are characterized by visual stylization, elegantly choreographed shots, long takes, historical periods, rural settings, and a lack of psychoanalyzing. A frequent theme of his films is the abuse of power. His works are often allegorical commentaries on Hungary under Communism and the Soviet occupation, although some critics prefer to stress the universal dimensions of Jancsó's explorations. Towards the end of the 1960s and especially into the 1970s, Jancsó's work became increasingly stylized and overtly symbolic. He received five nominations for the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival. winning for Red Psalm in 1972. In 1973 he was awarded the prestigious Kossuth Prize in Hungary. He received awards for his life work in 1979 and 1990, at Cannes and Venice respectively. Description above from the Wikipedia article Miklós Jancsó, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Wake Up, Mate, Don't You Sleep

as Miklós Jancsó

The Lord's Lantern in Budapest

as Himself

Damn You! the Mosquitoes

as Miklós Jancsó

Last Supper at the Arabian Gray Horse

as Himself

Ed's Eaten Elevenses

as Himself / Marcus Aurelius

Sticky Matters

as Himself

Jancsó Shoots

as Himself

Legkisebb film a legnagyobb magyarról

Negative history of Hungarian cinema

as Self

A Kádár-korszak demokratikus ellenzéke

as Himself