George Pal

Hungarian-American film director (1908–1980)

0.45body-of-work score · ranked #1434 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
February 1, 1908 · Cegléd
Died
May 2, 1980 · Beverly Hills
Nationality
Hungary, United States
Work
film producer, film director, screenwriter, animator
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of George Pal
Alan Light · CC BY 2.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1

    1942 · United States

    National Film Registry (inducted 1997)

    0.231 citation
  2. 2

    1946 · United States · animation

    National Film Registry (inducted 2015)

    0.231 citation

Complete filmography

All 15 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1934Philips Cavalcade
  • 1936Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
  • 1941Rhythm in the Ranks
  • 1942Jasper and the Haunted House
  • 1942Tulips Shall Grow
  • 1943The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
  • 1944And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street
  • 1944Jasper Goes Hunting
  • 1946John Henry and the Inky-Poo
  • 1947Tubby the Tuba
  • 1958Tom Thumb
  • 1960The Time Machine
  • 1961Atlantis, the Lost Continent
  • 1962The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
  • 19647 Faces of Dr. Lao