Gábor Pogány Explained

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.

Selected filmography

Notes and References

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