György Illés

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Memorial plaque for Illés in Eger

György Illés (born November 2, 1914 in Eger , Austria-Hungary , † June 12, 2006 in Budapest , Hungary ) was a Hungarian cameraman .

Life and career

György Illés was born in 1914 to Mihály Illés and Bertha Stark in Eger, northern Hungary. He discovered his passion for the cinema at an early age and when he was 17 he was given his first camera.

The family later moved to Budapest, where Illés met the cameraman István Eiben . He initially worked as a lighting technician and camera assistant. Later he worked as a cameraman in the production of newsreels and documentaries. In 1949 he was employed for the first time as a cameraman for a large feature film production. In the same year he began teaching at the Budapest Drama and Film School ( Színház- és Filmművészeti Főiskola ), where he trained as a cameraman. His students included numerous renowned Hungarian cameramen such as Sándor Sára , Lajos Koltai , László Kovács , Sándor Kardos , János Kende , Elemér Ragályi and Vilmos Zsigmond . Illés worked at the university for more than 50 years and was temporarily prorector and from 1990–91 also rector of the university.

In his long career Illés worked as a cameraman for directors such as Félix Máriássy , Károly Makk , Zoltán Várkonyi , János Herskó and Zoltán Fábri . With Fábri he made the films Jungs aus der Paulstrasse and Die Hungarians , which received a nomination at the Oscars in 1969 and 1978 for the best foreign language film .

Since 1990 Illés has been President of the Hungarian Association of Cameramen ( Magyar Operatőrök Társasága ). From 1993 he was a member of the Board of Directors of Duna Televízió and from 1995 President of the Hungarian Film and Television Actors Association ( Magyar Film-és TV-Művészek Szövetsége ).

Illés last lived in the Zugló district of Budapest . He died in 2006 at the age of 91 and was buried in the presence of numerous Hungarian filmmakers in the Farkasréti temető cemetery in Budapest.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1949: Mrs. Szabo (Szabóné)
  • 1951: Liberated Land (Felszabadult föld)
  • 1952: Probation (Tüzkeresztség)
  • 1952: 2-0 for Marika (Civil a pályán)
  • 1953: Girls of Today (Kiskrajcár)
  • 1954: Cheer up (Fel a fejjel)
  • 1955: Budapest Spring (Budapesti tavasz)
  • 1956: ... but the relatives (Ünnepi vacsora)
  • 1959: The black face (Szegény gazdagok)
  • 1959: Dreamless Years (Álmatlan évek)
  • 1960: Long is the way home (Hosszú az út hazáig)
  • 1960: Oh, these lodgers (Füre lépni szabad)
  • 1961: A girl was murdered (Megöltek egy lányt)
  • 1961: Just kidding (Nem ér a nevem)
  • 1962: Sunday every day (Nedele ve vsední den)
  • 1964: Majesty goes astray (With csinált Felséged 3-tól 5-ig?)
  • 1965: The Lark (Pacsirta)
  • 1966: The golden dragon (Aranysárkány)
  • 1966: Dialogue (Párbeszéd)
  • 1967: The Summons (Utószezon)
  • 1968: Boys from Paulstrasse ( A Pál utcai fiúk )
  • 1971: Ant's nest (Hangyaboly)
  • 1973: No man's land (A magyar ugaron)
  • 1973: One day more or less (Plusz-mínusz egy nap)
  • 1975: The unfinished movement (141 perc a befejezetlen mondatból)
  • 1976: The fifth seal (Az ötödik pecsét)
  • 1978: The Hungarians (Magyarok)
  • 1980: Balint Fabian meets God (Fábián Bálint találkozása Istennel)
  • 1984: Titanic - aftermath of a catastrophe ( Titanic , TV movie)
  • 1985: The wasted million (Az elvarázsolt dollár)
  • 1987: The Whirlwind family on vacation (Szeleburdi vakáció)

Awards (selection)

Web links

Commons : György Illés  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Illés György 90 éves at sulinet.hu, accessed on November 30, 2012 (Hungarian)
  2. ↑ History of the University ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at szfe.hu, accessed on November 30, 2012 (English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.szfe.hu
personal data
SURNAME Illés, György
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Eger , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 2006
Place of death Budapest , Hungary