Béla Zsitkovszky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Béla Zsitkovszky

film director

Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1868

Place of Birth: Prešov, Prešov Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 16-Sep-1930

Profession: photographer, cinematographer, film director

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Béla Zsitkovszky (3 April 1868 - 16 September 1930) was a Hungarian cinematographer and film director.
Zsitkovszky was a film pioneer notable for producing the country's first ever film The Dance (A táncz) in 1901.
Zsitkovszky was a cinema projectionist who was commissioned to make a film.
He shot it entirely on location as Budapest lacked a film studio.
In 1901 he opened the first Hungarian film laboratory.