Stephen Csillag
Stephen "Steve" Csillag (born April 19, 1907 in Hungary , † May 26, 1969 in Los Angeles , California ) was a Hungarian - American film technician and film editor . At the Academy Awards in 1950 he was awarded an Oscar for technical merit .
Life
In 1940, Csillag worked as a film editor on the cartoon Fantasia by Walt Disney Studios , a classic in film history. Csillag also worked as an editor for the musical film Sweethearts of the USA with Una Merkel , released in 1944 .
Csillag, who was then working for Paramount Pictures , received a Technical Achievement Award with Charles R. Daily at the 1950 Academy Awards “for working together in the Paramount Studio, Engineering, Editorial and Music departments for a new precision process Calculation of variable click tracks "(" for a new precision method of computing variable tempo click tracks ").
Award
Academy Award for Technical Merit Class III
Web links
- Stephen Csillag in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Stephen Csillag at TCM - Turner Classic Movies (English)
- Scientific or Technical Award Class III at ciakhollywood.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ the awards database gives his death date as May 25, 1969
- ↑ Database ( Memento of the original dated February 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas (English)
- ^ Technical Achievement Award - Winner Awards for 1950 in the IMDb - Internet Movie Database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Csillag, Stephen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Csillag, Steve (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian-American film technician and film editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 1969 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |