Gyula Gazdag (Directing)

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. Gazdag’s other films include Stand Off (1989), which won a Special Jury Prize at the San Sebastián International Film Festival; Lost Illusions (1983), named Best Screenplay by Hungarian Film Week; Singing on the Treadmill (1974); The Whistling...Read More