Career
Foreign the water polo player, see György Kárpáti. Over the last five decades he has directed around 200 films, including documentaries, feature films, short films and commercials. György Kárpáti received his first degree in medicine in 1957 and his second degree in film directing in 1964.
He was employed until 1991 as a film director by the MAFILM-MOVI studios of the Hungarian state film industry.
As a freelance producer-director he was responsible for more than 300 productions for the Hungarian Television Network, including comedies, music shows, documentaries, scientific programmes, live broadcasts, variety shows, and programmes on jazz and the cinema. From 1973-1983 he was commissioned by the International Committee of the Red Cross to shoot documentaries in 80 countries over five continents.
From his graduation in 1964 until his retirement in 1999 he taught non-fiction directing and editing at the Academy of Drama and Film (SzFF) in Budapest.