George Pal

Biography

George Pal (born Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak; February 1, 1908 – May 2, 1980) was a Hungarian-American animator, film director and producer. He is best known for his classic Puppetoon replacement animation short films, as well as his association with the Fantasy and Science Fiction genres. Pal was nominated for Academy Awards (in the category Best Short Subject, Cartoons) in seven consecutive years (1942–1948). He received an honorary Oscar, for the development of novel animation methods and techniques, in 1944.

Known For

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

Acting

1949

City at Night

as

Self

1986

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

as

Self

1953

The War of the Worlds

as

Bum #1 Listening to Radio (uncredited)

Production

1960

The Time Machine

as

1950

Destination Moon

as

1961

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

as

1954

The Naked Jungle

as

1951

When Worlds Collide

as

1958

Tom Thumb

as

1944

Say Ah, Jasper

as

1943

Good Night, Rusty

as

1944

Jasper's Paradise

as

1935

The Sleeping Beauty

as

1955

Conquest of Space

as

1962

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

as

1975

Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze

as

1953

Houdini

as

1946

Prospecting for Petroleum

as

1957

The Big Fun Carnival

as

1964

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

as

1946

Jasper in a Jam

as

1942

Tulips Shall Grow

as

1947

Tubby the Tuba

as

1968

The Power

as

1938

South Sea Sweethearts

as

1944

A Hatful of Dreams

as

1953

The War of the Worlds

as

1950

The Great Rupert

as

1944

Jasper Goes Hunting

as

1946

Together in the Weather

as

Crew

1946

John Henry and the Inky-Poo

as

1946

Together in the Weather

as

1942

Tulips Shall Grow

as

Directing

1960

The Time Machine

as

1962

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

as

1961

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

as

1964

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

as

1958

Tom Thumb

as

1935

World's Greatest Show

as

1940

The Good Bear and the Bad Bear

as

1943

Bravo, Mr. Strauss

as

1938

The Ballet of the Red Radio Valves

as

1945

Jasper's Boobytraps

as

1940

The Old Woman Who Lived in A Shoe

as

1943

The Truck That Flew

as

1934

A Fairy Tale About a Melancholic King

as

1939

The Queen Was in the Parlour

as

1936

Charlie's World Cruise

as

1940

Friend in Need

as

1934

Ship of the Ether

as

1936

Ether Symphony

as

1947

Tubby the Tuba

as

1944

Say Ah, Jasper

as

1943

Jasper Goes Fishing

as

1944

Jasper's Paradise

as

1936

Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

as

1935

The Magic Atlas

as

1934

Philips Cavalcade

as

1945

Hot Lip Jasper

as

1945

Jasper's Minstrels

as

1946

Olio for Jasper

as

1947

Date with Duke

as

1944

And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street

as

1943

500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins

as

1938

The Great Philips Review

as

1941

Hoola Boola

as

1942

Mr. Strauss Takes a Walk

as

1942

Jasper and the Watermelons

as

1942

The Sky Princess

as

1942

Jasper and the Haunted House

as

1943

The Little Broadcast

as

1944

Jasper Goes Hunting

as

1945

My Man Jasper

as

1945

Jasper and the Beanstalk

as

1946

John Henry and the Inky-Poo

as

1947

Wilbur the Lion

as

1937

What Ho, She Bumps

as

1946

Together in the Weather

as

1941

Western Daze

as

1936

On Parade!

as

1944

Two-Gun Rusty

as

1932

A walk through the modern Oberst factory

as

1932

Wieviel ist Ihnen Ihre Gesundheit wert?

as

1943

Jasper's Music Lesson

as

1944

Package for Jasper

as

1947

Shoe Shine Jasper

as

1957

The Big Fun Carnival

as

1942

Tulips Shall Grow

as

1935

The Sleeping Beauty

as

1939

Love on the Range

as

1938

South Sea Sweethearts

as

1938

De Reddingsbrigade

as

1944

A Hatful of Dreams

as

1941

Rhythm in the Ranks

as

1947

Rhapsody in Wood

as

1941

The Gay Knighties

as

1941

Dipsy Gypsy

as

1934

Radio Valve Revolution

as

1935

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

as

1937

Rescue Brigade

as

1935

In Lamp Light Land

as

1942

Jasper and the Choo-Choo

as

1938

How an Advertising Poster Came About

as

1938

Sky Pirates

as

1945

Jasper's Close Shave

as

1944

Jasper Tell

as

1943

Good Night, Rusty

as

1934

Radio Röhren Revolution

as