Béla Zsitkovszky (3 April 1868 - 16 September 1930) was a
Hungarian cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...
and
film director
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. Zsitkovszky was a film
pioneer notable for producing the country's first ever film ''
The Dance'' (''A táncz'') in 1901. Zsitkovszky was a
cinema projectionist who was commissioned to make a film. He shot it entirely
on location as
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
lacked a
film studio
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. In 1901 he opened the first Hungarian
film laboratory A film laboratory is a commercial service enterprise and technical facility for the film industry where specialists develop, print, and conform film material for classical film production and distribution which is based on film material, such as n ...
.
[Cunningham p.8]
Selected filmography
Cinematographer
* ''
A Munkászubbony'' (1914)
* ''Ágyú és harang'' (1915)
* ''Lyon Lea'' (1915)
* ''
The Officer's Swordknot'' (1915)
* ''
The Village Rogue'' (1916)
* ''
The Karthauzer
''The Karthauzer'' () is a 1916 Hungarian film directed by Michael Curtiz. Plot
Cast
* Alfréd Deésy
* Károly Lajthay as Armand (as Charles Lederle)
See also
* Michael Curtiz filmography
Michael Curtiz (1886–1962) was a Hungarian-born ...
'' (1916)
* ''
The Laughing Saskia'' (1916)
* ''Az obsitos'' (1917)
* ''Tájfun'' (1917)
* ''Tüzpróba'' (1918)
* ''Az impresszárió'' (1918)
References
Bibliography
* Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004.
* Kulik, Karol. ''Alexander Korda: The Man Who Could Work Miracles''. Virgin Books, 1990.
External links
*
1868 births
1930 deaths
Hungarian film directors
Hungarian cinematographers
People from Austria-Hungary
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