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{{short description|Hungarian-born Canadian filmmaker (born 1953)}}
'''George Mihalka''' is an [[United States|American]] [[film director]]. He is (best) known for his [[slasher film]] [[My Bloody Valentine (film)|My Bloody Valentine]] which gained a huge cult fan base since its release in 1981.
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'''George Mihalka''' (born 1953) is a [[Hungary|Hungarian]]-born [[Canadians|Canadian]] filmmaker. He is known for his 1981 [[slasher film]] ''[[My Bloody Valentine (film)|My Bloody Valentine]]'' which was remade in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/1018888/George-Mihalka/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031200647/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1018888/George-Mihalka/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-10-31|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2013|title=George Mihalka}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Watch Out for That Pickax; It's Hurtling From the Screen|date=2009-01-17|first=Jeannette|last=Catsoulis|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/movies/17vale.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=Terrortrap.com|url=http://www.terrortrap.com/interviews/georgemihalka/|title=My Bloody Memories: An Interview with George Mihalka}}</ref>
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== External links ==
*{{imdb name|id=0586198|name=Mihalka, George}}


==Career==
In Canada since 1963, George Mihalka studied film at [[Concordia University]] in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. In 1981, he directed ''[[My Bloody Valentine (film)|My Bloody Valentine]]'', a low-budget ‘slasher’ for Paramount that was a modest box office hit. He has since directed in Quebec, Europe and the U.S., moving with ease from French to English, comedy to drama, theatrical features to episodic television. His 1993 satirical feature, ''La Florida'', about Quebec snowbirds, was a huge hit in that province and the Golden Reel Award winner for the highest-grossing Canadian film of the year.


==Filmography==
*''[[Pick-up Summer]]'' (1980)
*''[[My Bloody Valentine (film)|My Bloody Valentine]]'' (1981)
*''[[Scandale (film)|Scandale]]'' (1982)
*''[[The Blue Man (film)|The Blue Man]]'' (1985)
*''[[Shades of Love: Midnight Magic]]'' (1988)
*''[[Office Party]]'' (1988)
*''[[Le chemin de Damas (1988 film)|Le chemin de Damas]]'' (1988)
*''[[Crossbow: The Movie]]'' (1989)
*''[[Straight Line (film)|Straight Line]]'' (1990)
*''[[Psychic (1991 film)|Psychic]]'' (1991)
*''[[The Final Heist]]'' (1991)
*''[[La Florida (film)|La Florida]]'' (1993)
*''[[Relative Fear]] (1994)
*''[[Deceptions II: Edge of Deception]]'' (1995)
*''[[Bullet to Beijing]]'' (1995)
*''[[The Ideal Man]]'' (1996)
*''[[Windsor Protocol]]'' (1996)
*''[[Thunder Point (film)|Thunder Point]]'' (1998)
*''[[Dr Lucille: The Lucille Teasdale Story]]'' (2001)
*''[[Watchtower (2001 film)|Watchtower]]'' (2001)
*''[[Les Boys IV]]'' (2005)
*''[[Sticks and Stones (film)|Sticks and Stones]]'' (2008)
*''[[Bloodlust: My Bloody Valentine and the Rise of the Slasher Film]]'' (2009)
*''[[Faith, Fraud, & Minimum Wage]]'' (2011)
*''[[Black Christmas Legacy]]'' (2015)
*''Needles'' (TBA)

==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:41, 16 September 2024

George Mihalka
Born1953 (age 70–71)
Hungary
OccupationFilm director

George Mihalka (born 1953) is a Hungarian-born Canadian filmmaker. He is known for his 1981 slasher film My Bloody Valentine which was remade in 2009.[1][2][3]

Career

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In Canada since 1963, George Mihalka studied film at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. In 1981, he directed My Bloody Valentine, a low-budget ‘slasher’ for Paramount that was a modest box office hit. He has since directed in Quebec, Europe and the U.S., moving with ease from French to English, comedy to drama, theatrical features to episodic television. His 1993 satirical feature, La Florida, about Quebec snowbirds, was a huge hit in that province and the Golden Reel Award winner for the highest-grossing Canadian film of the year.

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "George Mihalka". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-31.
  2. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (2009-01-17). "Watch Out for That Pickax; It's Hurtling From the Screen". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "My Bloody Memories: An Interview with George Mihalka". Terrortrap.com.
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