George Pal
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.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1908-01-31 · Cegléd, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
- Died
- 1980-05-02
Known for
- The Time Machine (1960) — Producer
- The War of the Worlds (1953) — Bum #1 Listening to Radio (uncredited)
- When Worlds Collide (1951) — Producer
- The Naked Jungle (1954) — Producer
- Destination Moon (1950) — Producer
- 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) — Director
- Houdini (1953) — Producer
- Tom Thumb (1958) — Producer
- Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961) — Producer
- Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975) — Screenplay
- Conquest of Space (1955) — Producer
- The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) — Director
- Tulips Shall Grow (1942) — Producer
- The Power (1968) — Producer
- The Great Rupert (1950) — Producer
- John Henry and the Inky-Poo (1946) — Director