Gábor Pogány

Gábor Pogány
Born(1915-10-28)28 October 1915
Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died30 October 1999(1999-10-30) (aged 84)[1]
Rome, Lazio, Italy
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1941 - 1991

Gábor Pogány (1915–1999) was a Hungarian-born Italian cinematographer. Born in Budapest and educated in Britain, Pogány emigrated to Italy and spent much of his career in the country. He worked on over a hundred films during his career, mainly Italian films as well as some international productions. He worked frequently with the director Vittorio De Sica on films such as Two Women (1960).[2] In 1960 he won a Nastro d'Argento for best cinematography for his work in Alessandro Blasetti's European Nights.[3]

Pogány's son Cristiano Pogany was also a cinematographer, who was born in 1947, Rome, Lazio, Italy and died on 18 February 1999, aged 52, in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ "Gábor Pogány - KinoTV".
  2. ^ Small, Pauline. Sophia Loren: Moulding the Star, p.77. Intellect Books, 2009.
  3. ^ Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.


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