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György Pál Marczincsák

George Pál

Georg Pál

Georg Pal

Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak

Julius György Marczincsak

George Pal, Directing

Cegléd, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary] | 1908-01-31 | 1980-05-02

Hungarian born George Pal (born Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak) was an 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.