Miklós Jancsó, world-famous Hungarian director and screen-player died at the age of 92.
Jancsó achieved international prominence from the mid-1960s onwards, with works including The Round Up (1965), The Red and the White (1967) and Red Psalm (1971).
His films are characterized by visual stylization, elegant shots, long takes, historical periods, rural settings and a lack of psychoanalyzing.
He was awarded Best Director for Red Psalm at Cannes 1972. In 1973 he was awarded the prestigious Kossuth Prize in Hungary.
He received awards for his life’s work in 1979 and 1990 at Cannes and Venice.
