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Miklos Jancsó was born in 1921 in Vac, Hungary. His mother Angela Poparada was Romanian and his father Sandor Jancsó Hungarian. Jancsó received a degree in Law from the University of Cluj-Napoca in 1944. After fighting in WWII and a brief period as a POW, he chose to join the Film and Theater Academy in Budapest, and graduated with a diploma in Film Directing in 1950. His fifth feature film The Round-Up (1966) was a huge hit domestically and internationally and is often considered a significant work of world cinema. Hungarian film critic Zoltan Fabri called it "perhaps the best Hungarian film ever made." Film critic Derek Malcolm included the film in his list of the 100 greatest films ever made. In Hungary, it was seen by over a million people (in a country with a population of 10 million). His next film The Red and the White (1967) became Jancsó's biggest success internationally. It won for example the 'Best Foreign Film' award from the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics. In his following films he developed a personal style of historical analysis using complex camera movements, dance and popular songs, creating his own cinematic style he called "political musical". The long takes became a trademark of Jancsó, so for example the 80-minute long Winter Wind (1969) consists of only 12 shots. Jancsó received the 'Best Director' award at the Cannes Film Festival 1972 for the film Red Psalm (1972). During the 1970s, Jancsó divided his time between Italy and Hungary and made a number of films in Italy, the best known of which is Private Vices, Public Virtues (1976). At that time, his films Hungarian Rhapsody (1979) and Allegro barbaro (1979) were the most expensive to have been produced in Hungary, but the critical reaction was muted. Jancsó was awarded the Career Golden Lion at the Venice Film festival in 1990. After little success and a long break Jancsó returned with The Lord's Lantern in Budapest (1998), which proved to a be a surprising comeback for the director. This success led to a succession of 5 more Pepe (Zoltán Mucsi) and Kapa (Péter Scherer) films, the last in 2006. Jancsó also cemented his reputation by making appearances in a number of films, for example as himself in his Pepe and Kapa films and in guest roles in works by up-and-coming Hungarian directors. Jancsó died of lung cancer on 31 January 2014, aged 92. Fellow Hungarian director Béla Tarr called Jancsó "the greatest Hungarian film director of all time" and acknowledged Jancsó's influence on his own work.

Andy Vajna was born in Budapest. In 1956 at the age of 12, he fled from Hungary and with the support of Red Cross he made his way alone to Canada. Vajna launched his career in the entertainment industry with his purchase of motion picture theaters in the Far East. He founded Panasia Films Limited in Hong Kong in 1976. Vajna met with Mario Kassar at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival, then he and Kassar formed Carolco. In 1982, Vajna was a founder and then president of the American Film Marketing Association. During that same year, Vajna and Kassar made their film production debut. In December 1989, Vajna sold all his interest in Carolco and formed Cinergi Productions, Inc. to engage in the financing, development, production and distribution of major event motion pictures. As part of its business plan, Cinergi has formed an alliance with The Walt Disney Company for distribution of Cinergi motion pictures in the United States, Canada and Latin America. Vajna has never forgotten his Hungarian roots and always tried to help the Hungarian film industry. He also actively participated in the distribution of Motion Pictures in Hungary eventually having a 70% share of the Hungarian box office. In 1989 Vajna founded InterCom that has become a market leader and a distributor of many Hollywood studios, including 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, Disney and MGM. In 2002 he founded Digic Pictures in Hungary which is a high-end animation studio. Since 2011 Andrew G. Vajna has been working as Government Commissioner in charge of the Hungarian film industry. In the same year he conceived Hungarian National Film Fund with the mission to contribute to the production of Hungarian films or co-productions that provide art and entertainment for moviegoers and bring significant success both domestically and on an international level. Under the Vajna era Hungarian movies financed by the Hungarian National Film Fund won altogether more than 130 international awards (including a Golden Globe award for Best Foreign Language Film) while the number of foreign films produced in Hungary increased significantly.

He was born in 1917 and between the two World War he finished his primary and secondary school. After them he graduated in the College of Fine Arts, which helped him later to be a production-designer. He liked to learn and joined the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts. He bacame a director and actor. In the beginning of his career he was a production-designer, actor and he directed in theatres. He liked illustration and made many book illustrations. After the 2nd WW he was the main director of the Magyar Theatre, and in 1947 he was the member of the National Theatre. In 1950 he got a job in the Film Factory as an art director. Occasionally he wrote scripts. His first film Vihar (1952) is filmed in a Hungarian village. At the height of his career he made the internationally renowned film Merry-Go-Round (1956). He died in heart-attack when he was 77.

Pál Jávor was born on 31 January 1902 in Arad, Austria-Hungary [now Romania]. He was an actor, known for Boy, the Noszty (1938), Halálos tavasz (1939) and Lángok (1941). He was married to Olga Landesmann. He died on 14 August 1959 in Budapest, Hungary.

John Bartha was born on 6 February 1915 in Csíkszereda, Austria-Hungary [now Miercurea Ciuc, Romania]. He was an actor, known for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Our Man in Jamaica (1965) and Cry of Death (1968). He was married to Erzsi Paál. He died on 7 March 1991 in Budapest, Hungary.

Marcell Jankovics was born on 21 October 1941 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a writer and director, known for Küzdök (1977), Toldi - Movie (2022) and Hungarian Folk Tales (1980). He was married to Éva Rubovszky. He died on 29 May 2021 in Budapest, Hungary.

Éva Ruttkai was born on 31 December 1927 in Budapest, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Butaságom története (1966), Ünnepi vacsora (1956) and Keserü igazság (1956). She was married to Miklós Gábor. She died on 27 September 1986 in Budapest, Hungary.

Stephen Bekassy was born on 10 February 1907 in Nyíregyháza, Hungary. He was an actor, known for A Song to Remember (1945), Beyond the Time Barrier (1960) and One Step Beyond (1959). He was married to Veronica M Beregi, Hagar Wilde, Lívia Neufeld, Teri Fejes and Hanna Landy. He died on 30 October 1995 in Budapest, Hungary.

György Fehér was born on 12 February 1939 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a director and actor, known for Passion (1998), Twilight (1990) and Satantango (1994). He died on 15 July 2002 in Budapest, Hungary.

Imre Sinkovits was born on 22 November 1928 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for The Corporal and Others (1965), The Loves of Liszt (1970) and A pénzcsináló (1964). He was married to Katalin Gombos. He died on 18 January 2001 in Budapest, Hungary.

Klári Tolnay was born on 27 July 1914 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. She was an actress, known for Flower of the Tisza (1939), Pacsirta (1964) and Szerencsés flótás (1943). She was married to Iván Darvas and Ákos Ráthonyi. She died on 27 October 1998 in Budapest, Hungary.

András Kozák was born on 23 February 1943 in Vencsellö, Hungary [now Gávavencsellö, Hungary]. He was an actor, known for Kisváros (1993), Rejtekhely (1979) and Gulliver in the Country of Giants (1980). He was married to Andrea Drahota. He died on 24 February 2005 in Budapest, Hungary.

Károly Makk was born on 22 December 1925 in Berettyóújfalu, Hungary. He was a director and writer, known for Another Way (1982), Love (1971) and The Gambler (1997). He was married to Andrea Zsiga Kiss, Marianne Krencsey, Virág Dõry and Hanna Dömötör. He died on 30 August 2017 in Budapest, Hungary.

István Bujtor was born on 5 May 1942 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor and producer, known for A három testör Afrikában (1996), Hamis a baba (1991) and Az elvarázsolt dollár (1986). He was married to Bujtor, Judit and Perényi, Eszter. He died on 25 September 2009 in Budapest, Hungary.

Péter Bacsó was born on 6 January 1928 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was a writer and director, known for Forró vizet a kopaszra! (1972), Nyár a hegyen (1967) and Jelenidö (1972). He died on 11 March 2009 in Budapest, Hungary.

István Gaál was born on 25 August 1933 in Salgótarján, Hungary. He was a director and writer, known for The Falcons (1970), Sodrásban (1964) and Legato (1978). He died on 25 September 2007 in Budapest, Hungary.

Géza von Radványi was born on 17 December 1907 in Kassa, Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Kosice, Slovak Republic]. He was a writer and director, known for Uncle Tom's Cabin (1965), Európa nem válaszol (1941) and Mädchen in Uniform (1958). He was married to Mária Tasnádi Fekete and Eva Daghofer. He died on 27 November 1986 in Budapest, Hungary.

Miklós Gábor was born on 7 April 1919 in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary. He was an actor and writer, known for Mágnás Miska (1949), Állami áruház (1953) and Torquato Tasso (1984). He was married to Éva Ruttkai, Éva Vass and Mária Rákosi. He died on 2 July 1998 in Budapest, Hungary.

László Inke was born on 16 January 1925 in Arad, Romania. He was an actor, known for Kojak Budapesten (1980), Gulliver in the Country of Dwarfs (1974) and Kártyavár (1968). He was married to Edit Ambrus. He died on 19 August 1992 in Budapest, Hungary.

Margit Lukács was born on 22 December 1914 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. She was an actress, known for Egy pikoló világos (1955), Dankó Pista (1940) and Mágnás Miska (1949). She died on 3 February 2002 in Budapest, Hungary.

Kátya Tompos was born on 13 March 1983 in Budapest, Hungary. She was an actress, known for The Debt (2010), Now Is Now (2019) and Poligamy (2009). She died on 31 May 2024 in Budapest, Hungary.

László Rajk (1949) a practicing architect, production designer, professor of film architecture at the University of Theatre and Film in Budapest. A former dissident, human rights activist. He became the member of the Hungarian avantgarde movement in the seventies. From 1975 he was a member of the Hungarian Democratic Opposition, and in 1981 with Gábor Demszky (Major of Budapest 1990-2010) founded the underground AB Publishing House, and ran an illegal bookstore in his apartment called "Samizdat Boutique". In 1988 Rajk was one of the founders of the liberal party, the Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ), and had been an MP for six years after the first free elections. Between 2004-2010 he was the member of the Executive Board of the Hungarian National Television Public Fund. Rajk's own artistic contribution to 1989 was the architectural installation of the final farewell ceremony of the Martyrs of the 1956 Revolution. Designer of several Hungarian and international movie productions.

Péter Andorai was born on 25 April 1948 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Simon, the Magician (1999), My Twentieth Century (1989) and A három növér (1991). He was married to Edit Ábrahám. He died on 1 February 2020 in Budapest, Hungary.

Éva Szerencsi was born on 5 May 1952 in Budapest, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Musical TV Theater (1970), Kakuk Marci (1973) and És mégis mozog a föld (1973). She was married to Sándor Szakácsi. She died on 6 September 2004 in Budapest, Hungary.

Iván Darvas was born on 14 June 1925 in Behynce, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was an actor, known for Film... (2000), Liliomfi (1955) and Jakob the Liar (1999). He was married to Irén Motorcza and Klári Tolnay. He died on 3 June 2007 in Budapest, Hungary.