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My Take
György Pálfi is one of the boldest filmmakers I keep returning to. His debut Hukkle won the European Discovery Award at the 2002 European Film Awards, and Taxidermia, screened in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, confirmed he was no fluke. What fascinates me is his refusal to separate beauty from the grotesque; he plates them together and dares you to keep watching, yet it never tips into mere shock. That takes real artistic nerve, and the Béla Balázs Award and Hungarian state honors suggest his own country knows it. As a director who also teaches, he is a thinker who attacks rather than plays safe, and I admire that enormously.
Overview
György Pálfi (born 11 April 1974 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian filmmaker. His film Taxidermia was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Pálfi's films have received numerous awards and nominations. At the 2002 European Film Awards, he won the European Discovery/Fassbinder Award for his début film Hukkle.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- György Pálfi
- Name (Japanese)
- パールフィ・ジョルジ
- Reading
- ぱーるふぃ・じょるじ
- Born
- April 11, 1974 (age 52)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Tiger
- Origin
- Budapest, Hungary
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / screenwriter / university teacher / film producer / director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Theatre and Film Arts
Awards & achievements
- 2007 Béla Balázs Award
- 2010 AEGON art award
- 2006 Knight's Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
- 2002 European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.