Miklós Jancsó, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Miklós Jancsó

Hungarian film director and screenwriter

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1921

Place of Birth: Vác, Pest County, Hungary

Date of Death: 31-Jan-2014

Profession: screenwriter, film director

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Miklós Jancsó (Hungarian: ['miklo?? 'j?nt??o?]; 27 September 1921 – 31 January 2014) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Jancsó achieved international prominence from the mid-1960s onwards, with works including The Round-Up (Szegénylegények, 1965), The Red and the White (Csillagosok, katonák, 1967), and Red Psalm (Még kér a nép, 1971). Jancsó's films are characterized by visual stylization, elegantly choreographed shots, long takes, historical periods, rural settings, and a lack of psychoanalyzing.
A frequent theme of his films is the abuse of power.
His works are often allegorical commentaries on Hungary under Communism and the Soviet occupation, although some critics prefer to stress the universal dimensions of Jancsó's explorations.
Towards the end of the 1960s and especially into the 1970s, Jancsó's work became increasingly stylized and overtly symbolic.