1. György Pál Marczincsak (George Pal) By Evan Gabel Jake McPherson

2. Background Born in Cegléd, Austria-Hungary on February 1 st, 1908 Graduated from the Budapest Academy of Arts in 1928 (aged 20) From 1928 to 1931, he made films for Hunnia Films of Budapest, Hungary At the age of 23 (in 1931) he married Elisabeth "Zsoka" Grandjean, and moved to Berlin

3. Beginning of Career 1931 – 1933: Patented Pal- Doll (known as Puppetoons ) 1934, he made a film advertisement in his hotel room in Paris, and was invited by Philips Electronics to make two more ad shorts He made five films before 1939 for the British company Horlicks Malted Milk

4. Later in his Career 1940 (WWII), he emigrated from Europe and began working for Paramount Pictures. His friend Walter Lantz helped him obtain American citizenship As an animator, he made the Puppetoons series in the 1940s, then switched to live action film making with The Great Rupert in 1950 He was awarded an honorary Oscar in 1944 for "the development of novel methods and techniques in the production of short subjects known as Puppetoons He died in Beverly Hills, California of a heart attack at the age of 73

5. Accomplishments Puppetoons series Honorary Oscar award Best remembered as the producer of landmark science fiction and fantasy films in the 1950s and 1960s (The War of the Worlds) Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

6. Most Famous Works Puppetoons ▫“John Henry and the Inky Poo”, “Tulips shall Grow”, “Jasper and the Beanstalk”, “Tubby the Tuba” Destination Moon When Worlds Collide The War of the Worlds The Time Machine

7. Sources http://www.oscars.org/events- exhibitions/events/2008/palhumphreys.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06v56aUCQ ZEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06v56aUCQ ZE