István Szabó - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	18-February-1938
Place of Birth	Budapest (Hungary, Central Hungary)
Nationality	Hungary, Kingdom of Hungary
Also know as	Istvan Szabo, SzabÃ³ IstvÃ¡n TamÃ¡s, Stephen Taylor, SzabÃ³ IstvÃ¡n TamÃ¡s, SzabÃ³ IstvÃ¡n TamÃ¡s, Istvan Szabo
Profession	Film director, Film Producer, Actor, Screenwriter, Opera Director, Television Director
IstvÃ¡n SzabÃ³ is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director. SzabÃ³ is the most internationally famous Hungarian filmmaker since the late 1960s. Working in the tradition of European auteurism, he has made films that represent many of the political and psychological conflicts of Central Europeâ€™s recent history, as well as of his own personal history. He made his first short film in 1959 as a student at the Hungarian Academy of Theatrical and Cinematic Arts, and his first feature film in 1964. He achieved his greatest international success with Mephisto, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Since then, most of SzabÃ³'s films have been international co-productions filmed in a variety of languages and European locations. He has continued to make some films in Hungarian, however, and even in his international co-productions, he often films in Hungary and uses Hungarian talent. SzabÃ³ became involved in a national controversy in 2006 when the Hungarian newspaper Life and Literature revealed that he had been an informant of the Communist regimeâ€™s secret police.

Awards by István Szabó

Check all the awards nominated and won by István Szabó.

2005

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Goya Award for Best European Film	Being Julia UK/Hungary
European Film Awards Audience Award for Best Director	Being Julia

2001

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture	Sunshine

2000

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Direction	Sunshine

1999

European Film Award for Best Screenwriter

Honored for : Sunshine

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
European Film Award for Best Screenwriter	Sunshine

1992

European Film Award for Best Screenwriter

Honored for : Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
European Film Award for Best Screenwriter	Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe

1990

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film	Hanussen Country: Hungary

1988

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film	Hanussen Country: Hungary, West Germany, Austria; in Hungarian, German

1986

BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Honored for : Colonel Redl

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film	Colonel Redl

1985

Cannes Jury Prize

Honored for : Colonel Redl

David di Donatello Luchino Visconti Award

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film	Colonel Redl Country: Hungary; in German and Hungarian

1982

National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Honored for : Mephisto

(West Germany)

David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film

Honored for : Mephisto

Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film	Mephisto

1981

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Honored for : Mephisto

(Country: Hungary; in English, Hungarian, German and Esperanto)

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film	Mephisto Country: Hungary; in English, Hungarian, German and Esperanto

1980

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film	Confidence Country: Hungary; in Hungarian

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