Gábor Pogány | |
Birth Date: | 28 October 1915 |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Rome, Lazio, Italy |
Occupation: | Cinematographer |
Yearsactive: | 1941 - 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.