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György Gát

György Gát

Hungarian television director and producer (1947–2024)

György Gát (5 February 1947 – 13 March 2024), sometimes credited as George Gat, was a Hungarian television director and producer. He was also a regular lecturer at ELTE University in Budapest.[1]

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Biography

György Gát was born in Budapest on 5 February 1947.[2] Gát's first hit was the crime-comedy TV series Linda (1984–1989). Linda starred his wife Nóra Görbe.[3][4]

It was during the pre-production of "Linda[5]" that Gát became Hungary's first independent television producer – a position that at the time the regime did not acknowledge.

Gát subsequently created series "Angyalbőrben"[6] (1990–1991), "Familia Kft."[7] (1991–1997), "TV a város szélén" (1998),[8] "SztárVár"[9] (2005) and the animated series "Szerencsi fel!" (2004).

In 2008 he co-wrote and co-directed a sequel to animated movie Vuk, called "A Kis Vuk"[10] (in English: A Fox's Tale).

Gát died on 13 March 2024, at the age of 77.[11]

References

  1. [1]
    "Külső óraadók, korábbi oktatóink" (in Hungarian). ELTE. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. [2]
    "György Gát". IMDb. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  3. [3]
    Pavlova, Yoana (30 August 2016). "Just for kicks: how a kung-fu fighting female TV detective reshaped gender norms in the Eastern Bloc". The Calvert Journal.
  4. [4]
    Zsámba, Renáta (2014). "Szocialista krimi kapitalista díszletekkel: Linda és a nyolcvanas évek" [A socialist detective story with capitalist props: Linda and the eighties]. Korunk Baráti Társaság (in Hungarian) (3): 18–25.
  5. [5]
    Linda, retrieved 20 March 2019
  6. [6]
    "Angyalbőrben – ilyen volt a magyar katonaélet vidám oldala". Blikk (in Hungarian). 28 February 2019.
  7. [7]
    Vámos, Miklós (2016). Húrok (in Hungarian). Európa Könyvkiadó. p. 401. ISBN 9789630798341.
  8. [8]
    "TV a város szélén – Gesztesi arcáról olvasott Bajor". Bors (in Hungarian). 11 March 2018.
  9. [9]
    Sebeők, János (2005). Enciklopédia énezer: 2001.10.06-2005.06.11 (in Hungarian). Nemzet Lap- és Könyvkiadó. p. 202. ISBN 9789638618191.
  10. [10]
    "Olyan lesz, mint egy nagy videoklip". Origo (in Hungarian). 25 November 2007.
  11. [11]
    "Meghalt Gát György, a Linda és a Família Kft. rendezője". nlc. 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
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