Personal Info

  • Known For

    Directing

  • Known Credits

    3

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    January 31, 1908 ( 72 years old )

  • Place of Birth

    Cegléd, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

  • Also Known As

    György Pál Marczincsák

    George Pál

    Georg Pál

    Georg Pal

    Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak

    Julius György Marczincsak

George Pal

Hungarian born George Pal (born Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak) was an 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.