István Szabó

István Szabó was born on Feb 18, 1938 in Hungary. István Szabó's big-screen debut came with Father directed by István Szabó in 1966. István Szabó is known for Taking Sides directed by István Szabó, Harvey Keitel stars as Major Steve Arnold and Stellan Skarsgård as Dr. Wilhelm Furtwängler. István Szabó has got 46 awards and 22 nominations so far. The most recent award István Szabó achieved is FEST International Film Festival. The upcoming new movie István Szabó plays is The Door which will be released on Mar 08, 2012.

István Szabó was the first director to bring home to Hungary the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. The movie receiving the award was his 1981 film Mephisto. In January 2006, it became public that he had been an agent of the III/III department, a former communist agency of interior intelligence. After the revolution in 1956, he was blackmailed and forced to cooperate, though later he was considered willingly cooperative. Allegedly, he wrote reports about fellow Hungarian directors, actors, and actresses such as Miklós Jancsó, Mari Töröcsik, Károly Mécs. A well-known Hungarian journalist Zsolt Bayer has said the following about it: "This is the time to re-watch Mephisto. It has just become obvious that Szabó directed his own life in the movie, masterfully." Szabó has never denied the charges and considers his agent work heroic and needful, claiming he saved the life of a friend sentenced to death for his involvement in the revolution of 1956.