István Szőts

Hungarian screenwriter and film director

István Szőts

Born| (1912-06-30)June 30, 1912

Szentgyörgyválya, Austria-Hungary

Died| November 6, 1998(1998-11-06) (aged 86)

Vienna, Austria

Resting place| Farkasréti Cemetery
Nationality| Hungarian
Occupation(s)| Screenwriter, director
Years active| 1941–1975
Known for| Directing the 1942 movie People of the Mountains
Spouse| Alice Szellay [hu]
Awards| Kossuth Prize (1992)

István Szőts (June 30, 1912 - November 6, 1998) was a Hungarian screenwriter and film director. He was born in Szentgyörgyválya (now Valea Sângeorgiului, Călan, Romania), and later moved with his father to Hungary. Szőts studied fine arts at the painting school of the two masters, Aba-Novák Vilmos and Iványi-Grünwald Béla. In 1939 he worked at Hunnia, where he was assistant to director Lajos Zilahy.[1]

## Activity

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He is best known for his 1942 film People of the Mountains which won first prize at the Venice Biennale.[2] Szőts became an assistant director in 1940, and in 1942 made his first feature film People of the Mountains. Although widely acclaimed by critics, it was disapproved of by Hungary's ruling wartime government and Szőts had trouble securing backing for his future projects.[3] It wasn't until 1947 that he was able to make his second feature film Song of the Cornfields.

## Selected filmography

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* People of the Mountains (1942)
* Loving Hearts (1944)
* Song of the Cornfields (1947)
* Melyiket a kilenc közül? (1956)

## References

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1. ^ "Copil de țărani din Valea Sângeorgiului (Hunedoara), regizor faimos în Budapesta și Viena" [Child of peasants from Szentgyörgyválya (Hunedoara), famous director in Budapest and Vienna] (in Romanian). infocultural.eu. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
2. ^ Kindem p.173
3. ^ Burns p.15

## Bibliography

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* Burns, Bryan. World Cinema: Hungary. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996.
* Kindem, Gorham Anders. The International Movie Industry. SIU Press, 2000.

## External links

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* István Szőts at IMDb

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