Education: Academy for Theater and Film Art, Budapest;

Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Rome

Leading member of the Hungarian new wave who made several award-winning shorts before turning out his first feature, the strikingly photographed CURRENT (1964). Gaál was acclaimed for his austere, sensitive treatments of peasant themes, also gaining international attention with THE FALCONS (1970).

Filmography

1964   CURRENT/SODRÁSBAN        director, screenwriter, editor

1965   ZÖLDÁR                           director, screenwriter, editor

1967   KERESZTELÖ                     director, screenwriter, editor

1970   THE FALCONS / MAGASISKOLA      director, screenwriter, editor

1971   HOLT VIDÉK                      director, screenwriter, editor

1978   LEGATO                           director, screenwriter, editor

1978   MANESGAZDA          director

1981   CSEREPEK                        director, screenwriter

1985   ORFEUSZ ES EURYDIKE       director, screenwriter, editor