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Director, Producer, Cinematographer Born: February 1, 1908 in Cegled, Hungary Death: May 12, 1980 in California Biography:Trained as an architect at the Budapest Academy of the Arts, Hungarian filmmaker "George Pal" had trouble securing work in his chosen profession in the late 1920s; to keep food on the table, he designed "art" subtitles for silent films. At the Berlin studios of UFA in 1931, Pal began designing sets, then cultivated an interest in stop-motion animation. Moving to Holland in 1933, Pal produced a group of animated puppet shorts for Phillips Radio of Holland. Reportedly, Pal's European career was cut short when he had the temerity to produce an anti-fascist allegorical short. Pal arrived in the U.S. in 1939 to lecture at Columbia University, where he was approached by representatives of Paramount Pictures, who were interested in releasing a series of Pal-produced animated one-reelers. Beginning in 1940, Pal was responsible for the Puppettoons series (also known as "Madcap Marionettes"), a lucrative... Full Biography
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