Awards & Winners

István Szabó

Date of Birth 18-February-1938
Place of Birth Budapest
(Hungary, Central Hungary)
Nationality Hungary, Kingdom of Hungary
Also know as Istvan Szabo, Szabó István Tamás, Stephen Taylor, Szabó István Tamás, Szabó István Tamás, Istvan Szabo
Profession Film director, Film Producer, Actor, Screenwriter, Opera Director, Television Director
István Szabó is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director. Szabó 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 Europe’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 Szabó'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. Szabó 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 regime’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