1960Nominee
Best Picture
The Time Machine
George Pal
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Cegléd, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
January 31, 1908
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1953Nominee
Best Performance
The War of the Worlds
1953Nominee
Best Picture
Houdini
Career Highlights
1954Highlight
Best Picture
The Naked Jungle
1968Highlight
Best Picture
The Power
Video
The Time Machine
The War of the Worlds
Houdini