Zoltán Fábri(1917-1994)
- Director
- Writer
- Production Designer
He was born in 1917 and between the two World War he finished his
primary and secondary school. After them he graduated in the College of
Fine Arts, which helped him later to be a production-designer. He liked
to learn and joined the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts. He bacame a
director and actor. In the beginning of his career he was a
production-designer, actor and he directed in theatres. He liked
illustration and made many book illustrations. After the 2nd WW he was
the main director of the Magyar Theatre, and in 1947 he was the member
of the National Theatre. In 1950 he got a job in the Film Factory as an
art director. Occasionally he wrote scripts. His first film Vihar (1952) is
filmed in a Hungarian village. At the height of his career he made the
internationally renowned film Merry-Go-Round (1956). He died in heart-attack when he
was 77.
