George Mihalka
George Mihalka | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) |
| Occupation | Film director |
George Mihalka (born 1953) is a Hungarian-born Canadian filmmaker. He is best known for his slasher film My Bloody Valentine which was remade in 2009.[1][2][3]
Career
In Canada since 1963, George Mihalka studied film at Concordia University in Montreal. 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, was a huge hit in Quebec and the Golden Reel Award winner for that year.
Selected filmography
- My Bloody Valentine (1981)
- Scandale (1982)
- The Blue Man (1985)
- La Florida (1992)
- Bullet to Beijing (1995)
- Deceptions II: Edge of Deception (1995)
- L'Homme idéal (1996)
- Windsor Protocol (1996)
- Faith, Fraud & Minimum Wage (2010)
- 24 Hour Rental (2014)
References
- ^ "George Mihalka". The New York Times.
- ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (2009-01-17). "Watch Out for That Pickax; It's Hurtling From the Screen". The New York Times.
- ^ "My Bloody Memories: An Interview with George Mihalka". Terrortrap.com.
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