Gábor Pogány (1915–1999) was a Hungarian-born Italian cinematographer. Born in Budapest and educated in Britain, Pogány emigrated to Italy and spent much of his career in the country. He worked on over a hundred films during his career, mainly Italian films as well as some international productions. He worked frequently with the director Vittorio De Sica on films such as Two Women (1960).[2] In 1960 he won a Nastro d'Argento for best cinematography for his work in Alessandro Blasetti's European Nights.[3]
Pogány's son Cristiano Pogany was also a cinematographer, who was born in 1947, Rome, Lazio, Italy and died on 18 February 1999, aged 52, in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Selected filmography
- First Love (1941)
- Carmela (1942)
- The Countess of Castiglione (1942)
- Document Z-3 (1942)
- Calafuria (1943)
- Resurrection (1944)
- Farewell, My Beautiful Naples (1946)
- The Man with the Grey Glove (1948)
- The Flame That Will Not Die (1949)
- The Fighting Men (1950)
- Women Without Names (1950)
- See Naples and Die (1951)
- Revenge of the Pirates (1951)
- The Forbidden Christ (1951)
- Altri tempi (1952)
- Sins of Rome (1953)
- One of Those (1953)
- A Slice of Life (1954)
- Camilla (1954)
- Storm (1954)
- Mata Hari's Daughter (1954)
- Giovanna d'Arco al rogo (1954)
- Amici per la pelle (1955)
- Love and Chatter (1957)
- The Italians They Are Crazy (1958)
- The Magistrate (1959)
- Two Women (1960)
- Sweet Deceptions (1960)
- The Last Judgment (1961)
- The Golden Arrow (1962)
- Imperial Venus (1962)
- Torpedo Bay (1963)
- The Cavern (1964)
- Samba (1965)
- Pedrito de Andía's New Life (1965)
- Pleasant Nights (1966)
- A Man Could Get Killed (1966)
- La morte non conta i dollari (1967)
- Three Bites of the Apple (1967)
- Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
- The Last Chance (1968)
- Double Face (1969)
- Hornets’ Nest (1970)
- The Man with Icy Eyes (1971)
- Valdez Is Coming (1971)
- Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972)
- Bluebeard (1972)
- Ripped Off (1972)
- Snow Job (1972)
- Stateline Motel (1973)
- Divorce His, Divorce Hers (1973)
- The Funny Face of the Godfather (1973)
- Two Missionaries (1974)
- The Cousin (1974)
- Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974)
- Night Train Murders (1975)
- Lips of Lurid Blue (1975)
- Colt 38 Special Squad (1976)
- Kleinhoff Hotel (1977)
- Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison (1977)