Sándor Sára

Sándor Sára (2019)

Sándor Sára [ ˈʃaːndor ˈʃaːrɒ ] (born November 28, 1933 in Tura ; † September 22, 2019 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian filmmaker and media manager .

Life

Sára acquired in 1957 a degree as a cameraman at the Budapest theater and film school, where he at György Illés studied, he worked on films of the Hungarian "New Wave" of the 1960s with (such as a cameraman of István Szabó's film Apa , 1966) and he also worked as a director. In the 1980s, Sára worked primarily as a documentary filmmaker. From 1993 to 1996 he was general director and from 1996 to 2000 chairman of the Hungarian satellite TV channel Duna TV , which was founded in 1992 and which received the UNESCO award for best cultural TV channel in 1999 . In addition to his varied obligations, Sára has also emerged as an artistic photographer with exhibitions.

Sára, who stood for a rather conservative, homeland-related image of Hungary and made remarkable documentaries about the Hungarian army in World War II and Hungarian women in the Gulag , received numerous prizes and awards. Among other things, he was awarded the Kossuth Prize in 1978 and again in 2018 .

Filmography

Direction and script

• 1968: The thrown stone ( Feldobott kő ) - also camera
• 1974: Tomorrow there's a pheasant ( Holnap lesz fácán ) - camera too
• 1978: 80 hussars ( 80 Huszár ) - also camera
• 1988: Splinters under the nail ( Tüske a köröm alatt )

camera

• 1964: Eddy ( Sodrásban )
• 1967: Holidays ( Ünnepnapok )
• 1972: Sindbad ( Szindbád )
• 1973: Feuerwehrgasse 25 ( Tűzoltó utca 25. )
• 1973: Beyond Time ( Nincs idő )
• 1974: Snowfall ( Hószakadás )
• 1976: The No Man's Child ( Árvácska )
• 1977: Budapest legend ( Budapesti mesék )
• 1980: Circus maximus
• 1980: The Match ( A mérkőzés )

Web links

• Sándor Sára in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Meghalt Sára Sándor. Retrieved September 22, 2019 (Hungarian).