Film director. He studied at Péter Pázmány University in Budapest in 1945–9 as a science undergraduate while simultaneously studied at the Viktor Gertler film school, which became part of the College of Drama and Cinematic Art, where he graduated as a director in 1949. He then studied on a scholarship at the College of Cinematic Art in Moscow until 1951. He began directing short films in 1949 and feature films in 1953. From 1952 to 1970, he taught at the College of Drama and Cinematic Art, becoming its deputy director. In 1970, he settled in Sweden, where he taught at the Swedish College of Film and Dramatic Art, becoming rector in 1988. In 1994, he was a guest professor at the College of Drama and Cinematic Art in Budapest.