György Illés

György Illés
Born	2 November 1914 Eger, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	12 June 2006 (aged 91) Budapest, Hungary
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1947–1997 (film)

György Illés (1914–2006) was a Hungarian cinematographer. Along with Barnabás Hegyi he was trained by István Eiben.

Selected filmography

• The Land Is Ours (1951)
• Baptism of Fire (1952)
• Storm (1952)
• Try and Win (1952)
• Young Hearts (1953)
• Kiskrajcár (1953)
• Keep Your Chin Up (1954)
• Ward 9 (1955)
• Springtime in Budapest (1955)
• The Bridge of Life (1956)
• Danse Macabre (1958)
• St. Peter's Umbrella (1958)
• The House Under the Rocks (1958)
• Sleepless Years (1959)
• The Poor Rich (1959)
• Drama of the Lark (1963)
• Twenty Hours (1965)
• Walls (1968)
• The Toth Family (1969)
• The Boys of Paul Street (1969)
• The Pendragon Legend (1974)
• 141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence (1975)
• The Fifth Seal (1976)
• Hungarians (1978)
• Temporary Paradise (1981)
• Requiem (1982)

Bibliography

• Burns, Bryan. World Cinema: Hungary. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996.
• Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.

External links

• György Illés at IMDb