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Ferenc Grunwalsky

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Ferenc Grunwalsky
Grunwalsky in 2003
Born
Ferenc Grunwalsky

(1943-05-16)16 May 1943
Died30 June 2025(2025-06-30) (aged 82)
Occupations
  • Film director
  • Cinematographer
  • Screenwriter

Ferenc Grunwalsky (16 May 1943 – 30 June 2025) was a Hungarian film director, cinematographer, screenwriter and university professor.

Life and career

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Grunwalsky was born 16 May 1943 in Budapest, to Károly Grünwalsky (1912–1996), a Lutheran pastor and Iroska Laász (1912–1987).[1] He attended the Eötvös Loránd University and the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts.[2]

From 1968, he was a Director and Cinematographer at Mafilm. He was a member of the board of the Association of Hungarian Film Artists, and the president of the Hungarian Motion Picture Public Foundation (MMKK).[3]

Throughout his career he directed a number of feature films, including Little but Tough (1989), and is credited as cinematographer on Tight Quarters (1983), amongst others.[4]

Grunwalsky died on 30 June 2025, at the age of 82.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Grünvalszky Károly gyászjelentése". dspace. 1996.
  2. ^ "Grunwalsky Ferenc". www.ikonosztaz.hu. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Meghalt Grunwalsky Ferenc Kossuth-díjas rendező-operatőr". www.msn.com. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Kossuth Award-Winning Director and Cinematographer Ferenc Grunwalsky Has Died". Ground News. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Grunwalsky Ferenc 65 éves / PRAE.HU - a művészeti portál". PRAE.HU - a művészeti portál (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 June 2025.
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