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Ferenc Kósa

Hungarian film director and screenwriter (1937-2018) · Hungary · On the map · Directors · Died at 81

Ferenc Kósa was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He directed thirteen films between 1961 and 1988. He won the award for Best Director at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival for the film Ten Thousand Days.

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2018Died12 December 20182017Kölcsey commemorative plaquetteAward2012Prima Primissima PrizeAward2009The Republic is Twenty Years Old PrizeAward2008Master of Hungarian Motion PictureAward2007Kossuth PrizeAward2001Hazám-díjAward2000Tekintet awardAward1997Hungarian Heritage AwardAward1989Meritorius Artist of HungaryAward1987Alföld PrizeAwardThe Other PersonFilm, 1987Director, Writer1986Az utolsó szó jogánFilm, Director1982GuernicaFilm, Director1981The MatchFilm, Director, Writer1977Portrait of a ChampionFilm, Director, Writer1974SnowfallFilm, Director, Writer1973Beyond TimeFilm, Director, Writer1970JudgementFilm, Director, WriterPro PatriaFilm, 1970Writer1969The Upthrown StoneFilm, Writer1968Béla Balázs AwardAward1967Cannes Best Director AwardAwardSuicideFilm, 1967Director, WriterTen Thousand DaysFilm, 1967Director, Writer1937Born21 November 1937

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Awards

Kölcsey commemorative plaquette2017
Prima Primissima Prize2012
The Republic is Twenty Years Old Prize2009
Master of Hungarian Motion Picture2008
Kossuth Prize2007
Hazám-díj2001
Tekintet award2000
Hungarian Heritage Award1997
Meritorius Artist of Hungary1989
Alföld Prize1987
Béla Balázs Award1968
Cannes Best Director Award1967

About this person

Country
Hungary
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1937 to 2018 · aged 81

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