Who is George Pal?
George Pal was a Hungarian-born American animator and film producer, principally associated with the science fiction genre. He was born February 1, 1908, Cegled, Hungary and Died in May 2, 1980, Los Angeles, Carlifornia, United States.
unfortunately died in Beverly Hills, California of a heart attack at the age of 72, and is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California. The Voyage of the Berg, on which he was working at the time, was never completed.
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1722 Vine St. In 1980 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences founded the "George Pal Lecture on Fantasy in Film" series in his memory. George Pal (along with the film When Worlds Collide) is among the many references to classic science fiction and horror films in the opening theme of both the stage musical The Rocky Horror Show and its cinematic counterpart, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).
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