György Kovásznai

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György Kovásznai

Born May 15, 1934 · Budapest, Hungary

Died June 28, 1983 · aged 49

György Kovásznai was a Hungarian painter, animation director, and writer. A unique feature of his animated films is the frame-by-frame painting and drawing under the camera, which gives the paintings a moving, constantly changing, bravura quality.

Known For

WavelengthsWavelengths · 1971
Wavelengths
7.01971
MovieAnimation
Painted and drawn figures and shapes move to a soundtrack of rapidly changing radio broadcasts.
Nights in the BoulevardNights in the Boulevard · 1972
Nights in the Boulevard
6.61972
MovieAnimation
A passionate poet feels abandoned at the places of amusement in the Boulevard.
MonologueMonologue · 1963
Monologue
7.01963
MovieAnimation
A surrealistic cutout animated short.
Bubble BathBubble Bath · 1980
Bubble Bath
6.91980
MovieAnimationMusic
Zsolt Mohai, an eccentric shop window decorator in his 40s, drops by Anna Parádi on his wedding day, asking her to phone his bride Klára Horváth and call off the event. Drama, discussions and musical numbers ensue over topics like romance, loyalty, ambition, and settling for a family life in a modern day city.
MetamorphosesMetamorphoses · 1965
Metamorphoses
5.51965
MovieAnimation
Animated look at an ever-changing portrait of a man and a woman
HamletHamlet · 1967
Hamlet
5.01967
MovieDramaAnimation
Shakespeare's Hamlet is rendered in exquisitely expressive pen drawings.
Mirror ImagesMirror Images · 1964
Mirror Images
1964
MovieAnimation
Kovásznai György’s fourth short animation follows a cat and dog who walk to a museum to look at paintings, about cats and dogs
From Dawn to DuskFrom Dawn to Dusk · 1967
From Dawn to Dusk
1967
MovieAnimationComedy
This etude made up of captured snaps having a sociographic impact and expressive photo-collages by Dezső Korniss is the satirical apotheosis of the single, working urban woman from the second half of the 1960s.

Filmography

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Memory of the Summer of ’74Memory of the Summer of ’74 · 1974
Memory of the Summer of ’74
7.01974
MovieAnimation
Screenplay Written by, Painted and Directed by György Kovásznai Music Compilation and Sound Editor: Péter Bársony Music Performed by Gábor Presser, Levente Szörényi, Zsuzsa Koncz, Kati Kovács, Máté Viktor, the LGT and the Hungária Bands Collaborators: János Czipauer, András Osvát, Miklós Papp, Béla Zsebényi, Katalin Kaim, Klára Kassai, and Frigyes Janotyik A subjective interpretation of the everyday life of the 1970s’ Budapest . It is an intriguing mixture of popular culture (music) and high art (composition of images). Kovásznai is not interested in telling a story; there is no linear narrative, the structure of the film is defined by the movements and transformations of the paintings to the rhythm of the music, generating a fundamentally audiovisual sensory experience.

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