Jeremy Irons and István Szabó in Being Julia (2004)
Caption: Jeremy Irons and István Szabó in Being Julia (2004)
Director, Writer, Actor
Born: February 18, 1938
Star sign: Aquarius
Known for: Sunshine (1999), Mephisto (1981), Being Julia (2004), Colonel Redl (1985)
Source: IMDB
The one and only Oscar winner Hungarian director to date (2006). (Although a Hungarian-American director, Michael Curtiz [Mihaly Kertesz], also won an Oscar previously for directing Casablanca). He received the award for his 1981 movie Mephisto. In January 2006, it became public that he had been an agent of the III/III department, a former ...