Imre Gyöngyössy

Hungarian film director and screenwriter

Imre Gyöngyössy (25 February 1930 – 1 May 1994) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.^[1] His film The Revolt of Job (1983),^[1] which he co-directed with Barna Kabay, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.^[2] Gyöngyössy said that he intended the film "as a message not only between generations but between nations".^[3]

Selected filmography

Job's Revolt (1983)
Yerma (1984)

References

^ ^a ^b Simon, Andrew L. (1998). "Theater and Cinema". Made in Hungary: Hungarian Contributions to Universal Culture. pp. 115. ISBN 0-9665734-2-0. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
^ "1983: Best Foreign-Language Film". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
^ Mydans, Seth (27 May 1984). "Hungary's Wartime Anguish is Relived Through 'The Revolt of Job'". The New York Times.