Andor Vidor Explained

Andor Vidor
Birth Date:14 April 1912
Birth Place:Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Death Date:c. March 1943
Death Place:German-occupied Ukraine
Occupation:Cinematographer
Yearsactive:1935–1939 (film)

Andor Vidor (1912–1943) was a Hungarian cinematographer.[1] [2] Vidor was born in Budapest of Jewish heritage, the nephew of screenwriter Ladislaus Vajda and a cousin of Ladislao Vajda. He trained under the guidance of István Eiben and went on to shoot a dozen Hungarian films during the 1930s, generally romantic comedies. His career was halted by the introduction of the Anti-Jewish Laws of 1938 aimed to remove those of Jewish ethnicity from the Hungarian film industry. His final work was as editor on the 1939 sports comedy film [3] The exact date and location of his death are unclear, although he was working as a forced labourer in Axis-controlled territory.

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Notes and References

  1. Rîpeanu p.151
  2. Horák p.161
  3. Schwab p.65