Béla Ternovszky

Béla Ternovszky

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Budapest, Hungary (Austria-Hungary)
May 23, 1943

Biography

Béla Ternovszky is a Hungarian animator best known for Cat City (1986) and animated series Master Eder and his Pumuckl (1995-2005). In 1961, after passing his high school diploma, he enrolled in the philosophy - aesthetics department of the Evening University of Marxism-Leninism , where he graduated in 1964. He then worked at Pannónia Filmstúdió and later at Filmvállalat. He was initially a draftsman, then a motion designer and director. In 1979, in the Federal Republic of Germany, he worked with Infafilm at the Bavarian television station Bayerischer Rundfunk . After making the successful Master Eder and his Pumuckl series, between 1995 and 2005, Studio II. Kft. is also one of the owners and directors. He retired in 2003. His first own short film, Modern training methods, won numerous domestic and international festival awards. He gained international fame in 1986 with the highly successful cartoon "Cat City." Married, his wife Karola Ács is a production manager. They have three daughters.

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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Johnny Corncob
1973Winner

Best Director

Johnny Corncob

The Little Polar Bear: Lars and the Little Tiger
2002Winner

Best Writing

The Little Polar Bear: Lars and the Little Tiger

The Little Polar Bear: The Dream of Flying
2003Winner

Best Writing

The Little Polar Bear: The Dream of Flying

Career Highlights

Cat City
1986Highlight

Best Director

Cat City

The Little Polar Bear: Nanouk's Rescue
2003Highlight

Best Writing

The Little Polar Bear: Nanouk's Rescue