Anna Czóbel (17 November 1918 – 9 December 2012) was a Hungarian cinematographer who worked for Magyar Televízió. She was a recipient of the Meritorious Artist Award in 1975.[1][2] She is an Honorary Member of the Hungarian Society of Cinematographers.[3]
Anna Czóbel | |
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 Czóbel in 1961 with her camera | |
| Born | 17 November 1918 |
| Died | 9 December 2012 (aged 94) Budapest, Hungary |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
Life and career
editAnna Czóbel was born on 17 November 1918, the only daughter of Ernő Czóbel, a literary historian, and Sarolta Lányi, a poet and educator.[4] Her uncle was Béla Czóbel, a well-known Hungarian painter.[4] She was four years old when her parents emigrated to Moscow.[2][4] She graduated from the State Institute of Cinematography in the Soviet Union and started working as an assistant cinematographer at Soyuzdetfilm.[1][2][5] She returned to Hungary in 1945 and worked at Mafirt Krónika (a newsreel) and then at Mafilm.[1][2] In 1950, she became a lecturer at the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest, teaching cinematography to Vilmos Zsigmond, Sándor Sára and István Gaál, among others.[6][4] She was a member of the Hungarian filming crew for the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1] From 1958 to 1990 she worked for Magyar Televízió as a cinematographer and then senior cinematographer; she tried herself in various television genres.[1] She retired in 1981, but kept working at the TV station for another nine years.[1][4][6]
Selected works
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Czóbel Anna" (in Hungarian). Televíziós Művészek Társasága. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Érdekes foglalkozások: Operatőr". Éva (in Hungarian) (4): 37. 1976.
- ^ "Szigorított a Magyar Operatőrök Társasága" (in Hungarian). Origo. 17 December 2002. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "KÖSZÖNTŐ RÉGI ÉS MAI FILMETŰDÖKBŐL" (in Hungarian). Hegyvidék. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "FELVIDÉKINEK TETSZIK LENNI? BESZÉLGETÉS CZÓBEL ANNÁVAL" (in Hungarian). Dunavölgyi Péter (then-director of the MTV Archive). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ a b MTI Ki kicsoda 2009. Szerk. Hermann Péter. Budapest: Magyar Távirati Iroda. 2008. ISBN 978-963-1787-283
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