Zoltán Fábri

He was born in 1917 and between the two World War he finished his primary and secondary school. After them he graduated in the College of Fine Arts, which helped him later to be a production-designer. He liked to learn and joined the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts. He bacame a director and actor. In the beginning of his career he was a production-designer, actor and he directed in theatres. He liked illustration and made many book illustrations. After the 2nd WW he was the main director of the Magyar Theatre, and in 1947 he was the member of the National Theatre. In 1950 he got a job in the Film Factory as an art director. Occasionally he wrote scripts. His first film _Vihar (1952)_ (qv) is filmed in a Hungarian village. At the height of his career he made the internationally renowned film _Merry-Go-Round (1956)_ (qv). He died in heart-attack when he was 77.::Kornel Osvart <[email protected]>