What is George Pal?
[[File:George Pal (1979).jpg|thumb|right|180px|Pal in May 1979]] '''George Pal''' ('''György Pál Marczincsak''',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/index.cfm?articleid=11825|title=Historical Development|publisher=University for the Creative Arts|accessdate=2010-07-12|archive-date=2015-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415011315/http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/index.cfm?articleid=11825|url-status=dead}}</ref> February 1, 1908 &ndash; May 2, 1980) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]]-[[United States|American]] animator, movie director and producer who helped the movie industry grow during the 1950s and 1960s. An award is named after him. Pal was born in Cegléd, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire, (now [[Hungary]]). He was educated at the Budapest Academy of Arts. He was married to Elizabeth Zsoka from 1930 until his death in 1980, they had two children. Pal died on May 2, 1980 in [[Los Angeles, California]] from a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. He was 72 years old. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|657162}} * [http://www.nndb.com/people/918/000102612/ NNDB entry] * [http://www.georgepal.com George Pal] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pal, George}} [[Category:1908 births]] [[Category:1980 deaths]] [[Category:Hungarian movie directors]] [[Category:American animators]] [[Category:American movie producers]] [[Category:American movie directors]]