About
Gyula Gazdag (born 19 July 1947 in Budapest) is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter and actor. Gyula Gazdag is a director of film, theater and television. He was a professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television from 1993-2015 and has served as the artistic director of the Sundance Filmmakers Lab since 1997. His numerous feature films include A Hungarian Fairy Tale (1987), which won the Special Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival. Named one of the year’s 10 Best Films by the Village Voice and the Best Feature Film of the year by the Hungarian Film Critics Awards, it screened at 20 film festivals worldwide, including the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes.
Filmography
American Road2013 · Thanks
A Poet from the Lower East Side1997 · Director
Stand off1989 · Director, Screenplay
A Hungarian Fairy Tale1987 · Director, Writer
Package Tour1985 · Director
Lost Illusions1983 · Director, Writer
The banquet1982 · Director
A három jószívű rabló1979 · Director
Swap1978 · Director
Requiem for a Revolutionary1975 · Editor
Bastion Promenade Seventy Four1974 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
Szilveszter1974 · Editor
The Resolution1972 · Director, Editor
Az ítélet1972 · Director
The Whistling Cobblestone1971 · Editor, Director, Screenplay
Selection1970 · Director
Long Distance Runner1968 · Director, Editor, Writer
Prelude1966 · Screenplay, Director