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George Kaczender (19 April 1933 – 24 August 2016) was a Hungarian-born Canadian film director. He directed 26 films between 1963 and 2001.
George Kaczender. Director: The Girl in Blue. George Kaczender left Hungary in 1956 as a political refugee after studying film and working as an Assistant Director at the Pannonina Film Studios in Budapest.
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Aug 29, 2016 · George Kaczender, who directed the controversial feature In Praise of Older Women, which caused quite a ruckus at the 1978 Toronto International Film Festival, has died. He was 83.
George Kaczender (pronounced KATZ-en-der) worked as an assistant director at the Pannonina Studios in Budapest, Hungary, before emigrating to Canada in 1957. He joined the National Film Board as an editor and began directing shorts in 1963.
Sep 9, 2016 · Mr. Kaczender, who died of cancer on Aug. 24 at his home in Century City, Calif., at the age of 83, took great umbrage at the censor's demand. He called it "an insult both to the Canadian film ...
George Kaczender was an assistant director in Hungary before fleeing with his family during the chaos of the revolution and the Soviet invasion. His father, Jeno, a factory owner, was out of the country on business and waited for the rest of the his family to join him.
Born in Budapest on April 19, 1933, Hungarian refugee George Kaczender (pronounced KATZ en der) joined the National Film Board of Canada in 1957 as a young, experienced assistant director, where he teamed with Nicholas Balla, a producer whose parents were from Hungary as well.
