Károly Várszegi (25 January 1943 in Budapest, Hungary – 26 March 1999) was a Hungarian director and cinematographer, who was awarded with the Balázs Béla Award.

Károly Várszegi
Born25 January 1943.
Died26 March 1999 (1999-03-27) (aged 56)
NationalityHungarian
Occupation(s)director, cinematographer
AwardsBalázs Béla Award (1990)

Life

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His father was Károly Várszegi and his mother was Mária Lowak. Between 1963. and 1967 he worked for the Magyar Televízió as a semi-cinematographer. In 1967 he got the chance to make his first own films as a cinematographer.

Other awards

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  • First prize of the Festival of Miskolc (1976, 1977)

Sources

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  • Hermann Péter: Magyar és Nemzetközi Ki Kicsoda 1998 CD-ROM, Biográf Kiadó, Budapest, 1997 ISBN 963-9051-195