János Szász
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János Szász is an Hungarian film director
, screenwriter
and theater director. He has directed eleven films since 1983
. His film Witman fiúk
was screened in the Un Certain Regard
section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival
. Szász was the Director of the American Repertory Theater Institute and a faculty member from 2001–03. He has directed numerous theatrical productions including six stagings with the American Repertory Theater.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and theater director. He has directed eleven films since 1983
1983 in film
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. His film Witman fiúk
The Witman Boys
The Witman Boys is a 1997 Hungarian drama film directed by János Szász. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Maia Morgenstern - Mrs...
was screened in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival
1997 Cannes Film Festival
-Jury:*Isabelle Adjani *Gong Li *Mira Sorvino *Paul Auster *Tim Burton *Luc Bondy *Patrick Dupond *Mike Leigh *Nanni Moretti *Michael Ondaatje -Feature film competition:...
. Szász was the Director of the American Repertory Theater Institute and a faculty member from 2001–03. He has directed numerous theatrical productions including six stagings with the American Repertory Theater.
Filmography
- Tavaszi zápor (1983)
- Escorial (1984)
- A léderer-ügy (1985)
- Utóirat (1987)
- Szédülés (1990)
- Woyzeck (1994)
- Witman fiúkThe Witman BoysThe Witman Boys is a 1997 Hungarian drama film directed by János Szász. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Maia Morgenstern - Mrs...
(1997) - Temetés (1998)
- A Holocaust szemei (2000)
- Ópium: Egy elmebeteg nö naplója (2007)
- Le grand cahier (2011)
Stage Productions at the American Repertory Theater
- Mother Courage and Her ChildrenMother Courage and Her ChildrenMother Courage and Her Children is a play written in 1939 by the German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht with significant contributions from Margarete Steffin...
(2001) - Marat/SadeMarat/SadeThe Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade , almost invariably shortened to Marat/Sade, is a 1963 play by Peter Weiss...
(2002) - Uncle VanyaUncle VanyaUncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1897 and received its Moscow première in 1899 in a production by the Moscow Art Theatre, under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski....
(2002) - Desire Under the ElmsDesire Under the ElmsDesire Under the Elms is a play by Eugene O'Neill, published in 1924, and is now considered an American classic. Along with Mourning Becomes Electra, it represents one of O'Neill's attempts to place plot elements and themes of Greek tragedy in a rural New England setting. It is essentially a...
(2005) - The SeagullThe SeagullThe Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major plays by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The Seagull was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896...
(2009) - Alice vs. Wonderland (2010)
- Nutcracker Turbo (2011)