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George Pal

George Pal

Highest Rated: 100% Tom Thumb (1958)

Lowest Rated: 67% Destination Moon (1950)

Birthday: Feb 1, 1908

Birthplace: Cegléd, Austria-Hungary

Set designer with UFA before moving in the 1930s to Western Europe, where he produced ingenious short advertising films featuring wire-jointed, stylized puppets. In 1940 Pal moved to Hollywood, where he produced the "Puppetoons" series for Paramount and began directing and/or producing special-effects oriented features including "War of the Worlds" (1953) and "The Time Machine" (1960). He received a special Academy Award in 1943 for developing a technique which combined animation with live action.

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THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM, producer-director George Pal, 1962 DESTINATION MOON, George Pal presented Oscar for Special Effects from jane Greer, 1950 TOM THUMB, Russ Tamblyn and director George Pal, publicity shot, 1958 THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM, direcotr George Pal, Russ Tamblyn, Yvette Mimieux, on-set, 1962 THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM, producer, director George Pal, Russ Tamblyn, Jim Backus, on-set, 1962 SIGN OF THE WOLF, Darryl Hickman, Smokey the Dog, 1941 THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM, George Pal figures, 1962 DOC SAVAGE: THE MAN OF BRONZE, director Michael Anderson, producer George Pal, on lcoation, 1975
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 57% Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze Screenwriter,
Producer 		- 1975
No Score Yet 38% The Power Producer - 1968
86% 78% 7 Faces of Dr. Lao Director,
Producer 		- 1964
No Score Yet 62% The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Director,
Producer 		- 1962
No Score Yet 24% Atlantis, the Lost Continent Director,
Producer 		- 1961
76% 80% The Time Machine Director,
Producer 		- 1960
100% 64% Tom Thumb Director,
Producer 		- 1958
88% 60% The Naked Jungle Producer - 1954
89% 71% The War of the Worlds Producer - 1953
85% 59% Houdini Producer - 1953
81% 63% When Worlds Collide Producer - 1951
No Score Yet 50% The Great Rupert Producer - 1950
67% 48% Destination Moon Producer - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tubby the Tuba Director,
Producer 		- 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet John Henry and the Inky-Poo Director,
Cinematographer 		- 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street Director,
Cinematographer 		- 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins Director,
Producer,
Cinematographer 		- 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ship of the Ether Director - 1934