Personal Info
Birthday
January 31, 1908
Place of Birth
Cegléd, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Known For
Directing
George Pal
Biography
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.
Directed Movies (65)
7.0
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Movie1964
5.9
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Movie1962
5.1
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Movie1961
7.4
The Time Machine
Movie1960
6.4
Tom Thumb
Movie1958
No Backdrop
2.0
The First Christmas
Movie1957
No Backdrop
7.0
Rhapsody in Wood
Movie1947
No Backdrop
6.6
Tubby the Tuba
Movie1947
No Backdrop
7.0
Wilbur the Lion
Movie1947
No Backdrop
8.0
Shoe Shine Jasper
Movie1947
No Backdrop
6.1
John Henry and the Inky-Poo
Movie1946
No Backdrop
7.0
My Man Jasper
Movie1945
No Backdrop
6.7
Jasper and the Beanstalk
Movie1945
No Backdrop
8.0
Jasper's Close Shave
Movie1945
No Backdrop
10.0
Jasper's Boobytraps
Movie1945
No Backdrop
7.0
Jasper's Minstrels
Movie1945
No Backdrop
6.5
A Hatful of Dreams
Movie1945
No Backdrop
9.0
Hotlip Jasper
Movie1945
No Backdrop
9.0
Two-Gun Rusty
Movie1944
No Backdrop
10.0
Jasper Tell
Movie1944
No Backdrop
7.3
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
Movie1944
No Backdrop
10.0
Jasper Goes Hunting
Movie1944
No Backdrop
7.0
Say Ah, Jasper
Movie1944
No Backdrop
8.5
Good Night, Rusty
Movie1943
No Backdrop
9.0
The Little Broadcast
Movie1943
No Backdrop
7.0
The Truck That Flew
Movie1943
No Backdrop
8.0
Jasper's Music Lesson
Movie1943
No Backdrop
6.5
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
Movie1943
No Backdrop
8.0
Bravo, Mr. Strauss
Movie1943
7.0
Jasper and the Haunted House
Movie1942
No Backdrop
9.0
The Sky Princess
Movie1942
No Backdrop
10.0
Jasper and the Watermelons
Movie1942
No Backdrop
6.8
Tulips Shall Grow
Movie1942
No Backdrop
10.0
Jasper and the Choo-Choo
Movie1942
No Backdrop
6.8
Rhythm in the Ranks
Movie1941
No Backdrop
7.0
The Gay Knighties
Movie1941
No Backdrop
8.3
Hoola Boola
Movie1941
No Backdrop
7.0
Dipsy Gypsy
Movie1941
9.0
Western Daze
Movie1941
No Backdrop
0.0
The Good Bear and the Bad Bear
Movie1940
No Backdrop
0.0
Friend in Need
Movie1940
No Backdrop
0.0
The Old Woman Who Lived in A Shoe
Movie1940
No Backdrop
0.0
The Queen Was in the Parlour
Movie1939
No Backdrop
7.0
Love on the Range
Movie1939
No Backdrop
6.0
The Great Philips Review
Movie1938
No Backdrop
10.0
Sky Pirates
Movie1938
No Backdrop
0.0
The Ballet of the Red Radio Valves
Movie1938
No Backdrop
0.0
How an Advertising Poster Came About
Movie1938
No Backdrop
0.0
South Sea Sweethearts
Movie1938
No Backdrop
6.5
What Ho, She Bumps
Movie1937
No Backdrop
0.0
Rescue Brigade
Movie1937
No Backdrop
0.0
Charlie's World Cruise
Movie1936
No Backdrop
5.0
Ether Symphony
Movie1936
No Backdrop
7.0
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
Movie1936
No Backdrop
0.0
On Parade!
Movie1936
No Backdrop
0.0
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Movie1935
No Backdrop
0.0
World's Greatest Show
Movie1935
No Backdrop
0.0
In Lamp Light Land
Movie1935
No Backdrop
0.0
The Magic Atlas
Movie1935
No Backdrop
0.0
Radio Valve Revolution
Movie1934
No Backdrop
0.0
A Fairy Tale About a Melancholic King
Movie1934
No Backdrop
6.5
Ship of the Ether
Movie1934
No Backdrop
0.0
The Winner
Movie1934
No Backdrop
0.0
A walk through the modern Oberst factory
Movie1932
No Backdrop
0.0
How Much Is Your Health Worth to You?
Movie1932
