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Also Known As György Pál Marczincsák
Born February 1, 1908 • Hungary
Died May 2, 1980 (aged 72) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1944)
Notable Works “7 Faces of Dr. Lao” • “The Time Machine” • “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm” • “tom thumb”

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George Pal in a suit stands beside a red-draped table, holding and arranging colorful stop-motion puppets from The Elves and the Shoemaker against a yellow background.
Yvette Mimieux and Rod Taylor in The Time Machine (1960), standing by a glowing circular table in a dimly lit, stone-walled room.
Five Morlocks with long white hair, dark faces, and primitive clothing stand menacingly in an underground lair in a scene from The Time Machine (1960), directed by George Pal.
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