Gábor Pogány

Gábor Pogány
Born (1915-10-28)October 28, 1915
Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died October 30, 1999(1999-10-30) (aged 84)[1]
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Occupation Cinematographer
Years active 1941 - 1991

Gábor Pogány (1915–1999) was a Hungarian-born Italian cinematographer. Born in Budapest and educated in Britain, Pogány emigrated to Italy and spent much of his career in the country. He worked on over a hundred films during his career, mainly Italian films as well as some international productions. He worked frequently with the director Vittorio De Sica on films such as Two Women (1960).[2] In 1960 he won a Nastro d'Argento for best cinematography for his work in Alessandro Blasetti's European Nights.[3]

Pogány's son Cristiano Pogany was also a cinematographer, who was born in 1947, Rome, Lazio, Italy and died on February 18, 1999 (age 52) in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ http://www.kinotv.com/page/bio.php?namecode=81235&l=en
  2. ↑ Small, Pauline. Sophia Loren: Moulding the Star, p.77. Intellect Books, 2009.
  3. ↑ Lancia, Enrico. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
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