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László Pal

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Born in Hungary, Laszlo Pal emigrated to the U.S.A in 1962 and graduated from the University of Southern California Cinema Department with a Bachelor of Arts degree (Cum Laude) and later earned an M.F.A. in Film Production at the University of British Columbia. His teaching career includes 2 years at U.B.C and 27 years at the University of Washington Extension Department.

He shot and directed many television commercials, documentaries and won numerous international awards, including Emmy in 1993 for directing his feature film Journey to Spirit Island, aired on the Disney Channel. In 1997 he received another Emmy for directing a documentary film Sailing the World Alone, broadcast on P.B.S.

His company Pal Productions, Inc., established in 1969, is well known for award-winning outdoor adventure specials, broadcasts on P.B.S, Discovery, National Geographic and other networks.

He is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada (director), I.A.T.S.E. 600 (director of photography), and the National Television Academy.
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      • 2 wins total

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    Journey to Spirit Island (1990)
    Journey to Spirit Island
    5.9
    • Producer
    • 1990
    Sailing the World Alone
    TV Movie
    • Producer
    • 1996
    A Gentleman of Adventure
    • Producer
    • 1994
    Blue Water Hunters (1988)
    Blue Water Hunters
    • Producer
    • 1988

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    Producer



    • A Life in the Mountains... The Legacy of Lou Whittaker
      • producer
      • 2013
    • Alone Against the Sea (2003)
      Alone Against the Sea
      • producer
      • 2003
    • Born to the Wind (1999)
      Born to the Wind
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1999
    • Sailing the World Alone
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1996
    • A Gentleman of Adventure
      • producer
      • 1994
    • Blue Water Hunters
      • producer
      • 1991
    • Three Flags Over Everest (1991)
      Three Flags Over Everest
      • producer
      • 1991
    • Journey to Spirit Island (1990)
      Journey to Spirit Island
      5.9
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 1990
    • Blue Water Hunters (1988)
      Blue Water Hunters
      • executive producer
      • 1988
    • Alaska's Great Race (1987)
      Alaska's Great Race
      • producer
      • 1987
    • Winds of Everest
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1985
    • Everest North Wall
      • producer
      • 1983
    • Scorchy (1976)
      Scorchy
      4.8
      • co-producer (as Laszlo Pal)
      • 1976

    Director



    • A Life in the Mountains... The Legacy of Lou Whittaker
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Alone Against the Sea (2003)
      Alone Against the Sea
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Born to the Wind (1999)
      Born to the Wind
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1999
    • Sailing the World Alone
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1996
    • A Gentleman of Adventure
      • Director
      • 1994
    • Blue Water Hunters
      • Director
      • 1991
    • Three Flags Over Everest (1991)
      Three Flags Over Everest
      • Director
      • 1991
    • Journey to Spirit Island (1990)
      Journey to Spirit Island
      5.9
      • Director
      • 1990
    • Blue Water Hunters (1988)
      Blue Water Hunters
      • Director
      • 1988
    • Alaska's Great Race (1987)
      Alaska's Great Race
      • Director
      • 1987
    • Winds of Everest
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1985
    • Everest North Wall
      • Director
      • 1983

    Camera and Electrical Department



    • A Life in the Mountains... The Legacy of Lou Whittaker
      • camera operator
      • 2013
    • Sailing the World Alone
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 1996
    • Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
      Murder, She Wrote
      7.2
      TV Series
      • camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
      • 1995
    • Sarah Jessica Parker, Amanda Peterson, Trey Ames, Adam Arkin, Jayne Atkinson, Richard Kiley, Diana Muldaur, David Oliver, Scott Paulin, Wendy Phillips, and Morgan Stevens in A Year in the Life (1987)
      A Year in the Life
      8.4
      TV Series
      • camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
      • 1987
    • Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
      Heart Like a Wheel
      6.7
      • camera operator: second unit
      • director of photography: second unit, Olympia, Washington (as Lazlo Pal)
      • 1983
    • Jessica Lange in Frances (1982)
      Frances
      7.2
      • camera operator: second unit
      • second unit camera
      • 1982
    • Coming Out of the Ice (1982)
      Coming Out of the Ice
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • camera operator: second unit
      • 1982
    • Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert, and Kris Kristofferson in Heaven's Gate (1980)
      Heaven's Gate
      6.7
      • additional camera operator
      • 1980
    • Cinderella Liberty (1973)
      Cinderella Liberty
      6.7
      • camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
      • 1973
    • HHH: What Manner of Man
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • cameraman (as Lazlo Pal)
      • 1968

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