Gábor Pogány

Gábor Pogány
Born	28 October 1915 Budapest Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	1999 Rome, Lazio Italy
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1941 - 1991

Gábor Pogány (1915–1999) was a Hungarian-born Italian cinematographer. Born in Budapest and educated in Britain, Pogány emigrated to Italy and spent much of his career in the country. He worked on over a hundred films during his career, mainly Italian films as well as some international productions. He worked frequently with the director Vittorio De Sica on films such as Two Women (1960).^[1] In 1960 he won a Nastro d'Argento for best cinematography for his work in Alessandro Blasetti's European Nights.^[2]

Pogány's son Cristiano Pogany was also a cinematographer.

Selected filmography

• First Love (1941)
• Carmela (1942)
• The Countess of Castiglione (1942)
• Document Z-3 (1942)
• Resurrection (1944)
• The Fighting Men (1950)
• Women Without Names (1950)
• See Naples and Die (1951)
• Revenge of the Pirates (1951)
• The Forbidden Christ (1951)
• Altri tempi (1952)
• Sins of Rome (1953)
• One of Those (1953)
• A Slice of Life (1954)
• Camilla (1954)
• Giovanna d'Arco al rogo (1954)
• Amici per la pelle (1955)
• Love and Chatter (1957)
• The Magistrate (1959)
• Two Women (1960)
• Sweet Deceptions (1960)
• The Last Judgement (1961)
• The Golden Arrow (1962)
• Imperial Venus (1962)
• Torpedo Bay (1963)
• The Cavern (1964)
• Samba (1965)
• Pleasant Nights (1966)
• A Man Could Get Killed (1966)
• La morte non conta i dollari (1967)
• Three Bites of the Apple (1967)
• Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
• The Last Chance (1968)
• Double Face (1969)
• Hornets’ Nest (1970)
• The Man with Icy Eyes (1971)
• Valdez Is Coming (1971)
• Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972)
• Bluebeard (1972)
• Ripped Off (1972)
• Snow Job (1972)
• Stateline Motel (1973)
• Divorce His, Divorce Hers (1973)
• The Funny Face of the Godfather (1973)
• Two Missionaries (1974)
• Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974)
• Night Train Murders (1975)
• Lips of Lurid Blue (1975)
• Colt 38 Special Squad (1976)
• Kleinhoff Hotel (1977)
• Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison (1977)

References

1. Small, Pauline. Sophia Loren: Moulding the Star, p.77. Intellect Books, 2009.
2. Lancia, Enrico. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.

External links

• Gábor Pogány at the Internet Movie Database