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George Pal

George Pal

Director and producer, also writer · Died May 2, 1980, aged 72 · Cegléd, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

George Pal (born Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak; February 1, 1908 – May 2, 1980) was a Hungarian-American animator, film director and producer. He is best known for his classic Puppetoon replacement animation short films, as well as his association with the Fantasy and Science Fiction genres. Pal was nominated for Academy Awards (in the category Best Short Subject, Cartoons) in seven consecutive years (1942–1948). He received an honorary Oscar, for the development of novel animation methods and techniques, in 1944.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 31, 1908
Died
May 2, 1980 (aged 72)
From
Cegléd, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Works as
Director and producer, also writer
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 89 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 44% in 30 days

What are George Pal's films like?

Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Adventure5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Sci-Fi2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile
: browse their Sci-Fi movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
21%
Morality
19%
Survival
17%
Society
16%
Ideas
10%
Power
9%
Self
9%
Survival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeHope3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTradition vs change2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 14 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 5 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 9 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 8 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 13 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Hopeful
6
Joyful
4
Thrilling
3
Melancholic
4
Other
12

How their films linger

Hopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch George Pal's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for George Pal's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

89 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze(1975)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Tool Box (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Producer

  • The Power(1968)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • 7 Faces of Dr. Lao(1964)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm(1962)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Atlantis: The Lost Continent(1961)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Time Machine(1960)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Tom Thumb(1958)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The First Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Director

  • The Big Fun Carnival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Director · Producer

  • Conquest of Space(1955)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Naked Jungle(1954)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Houdini(1953)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The War of the Worlds(1953)

    Producer · as Bum #1 Listening to Radio (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • When Worlds Collide(1951)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Destination Moon(1950)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The Great Rupert(1950)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Rhapsody in Wood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Director

  • Date with Duke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Director

  • Tubby the Tuba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Director · Producer

  • Wilbur the Lion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Director

  • Shoe Shine Jasper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Director

  • Jasper in a Jam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Editor · Producer

  • John Henry and the Inky-Poo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Director · Cinematographer

  • Together in the Weather (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Director · Producer · Script

  • Olio for Jasper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Director

  • Prospecting for Petroleum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Producer

  • My Man Jasper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Director

  • Jasper and the Beanstalk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Director

  • Jasper's Close Shave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Director

  • Jasper's Boobytraps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Director

  • Jasper's Minstrels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Director

  • A Hatful of Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Director · Producer

  • Hotlip Jasper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Director

  • Two-Gun Rusty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Director

  • Jasper's Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Director · Producer

  • Jasper Tell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Director

  • And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Director

  • Jasper Goes Hunting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Director · Producer

  • Say Ah, Jasper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Director · Producer

  • Package for Jasper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Director

  • Good Night, Rusty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Director · Producer

  • Jasper Goes Fishing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Director

  • The Little Broadcast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Director

  • The Truck That Flew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Director

  • Jasper's Music Lesson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Director

  • The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Director

  • Bravo, Mr. Strauss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Director

  • Jasper and the Haunted House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Director

  • Mr. Strauss Takes a Walk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Director

  • The Sky Princess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Director

  • Jasper and the Watermelons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Director

  • Tulips Shall Grow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer · Story

  • Jasper and the Choo-Choo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Director

  • Rhythm in the Ranks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Director

  • The Gay Knighties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Director

  • Hoola Boola (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Director

  • Dipsy Gypsy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Director

  • Western Daze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Director

  • The Good Bear and the Bad Bear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Director

  • Friend in Need (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Director

  • The Old Woman Who Lived in A Shoe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Director

  • The Queen Was in the Parlour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Director

  • Love on the Range (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Director · Cinematographer

  • The Great Philips Review (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Director

  • Sky Pirates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Director

  • How an Advertising Poster Came About (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Director

  • The Ballet of the Red Radio Valves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Director

  • De Reddingsbrigade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Director

  • South Sea Sweethearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Executive Producer

  • What Ho, She Bumps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Director

  • Rescue Brigade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Director

  • Charlie's World Cruise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Director

  • Ether Symphony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Director

  • Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Director · Producer

  • On Parade! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Director

  • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Director

  • World's Greatest Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Director

  • In Lamp Light Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Director

  • The Magic Atlas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Director

  • The Sleeping Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Director · Producer

  • Radio Valve Revolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • A Fairy Tale About a Melancholic King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • Ship of the Ether (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • Philips Cavalcade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director · Cinematographer

  • Radio Valve Revolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • The Winner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Director

  • A walk through the modern Oberst factory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

  • How Much Is Your Health Worth to You? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 89 titles from 1932 to 1975.

Biggest box office

The Time Machine (1960)

$5.9K worldwide

Highest rated

The Time Machine (1960)

Midcredits 92nd

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 89: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting77 of 89: 57 only directing, 20 with another role · typical Midcredits score61stWriting2 of 89: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing29 of 89: 9 only producing, 20 with another role · typical Midcredits score60thCinematography5 of 89: 0 only cinematography, 5 with another roleEditing2 of 89: 0 only editing, 2 with another roleOther crew1 of 89: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

89 titles, 23 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 17 of them.

By decade

1930s27 · crew1940s45 · crew1950s10 · 1 acting · 10 crew1960s5 · crew1970s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do George Pal's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Approval · how many liked their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Reach · how many have seen their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th4

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · writer, producer

Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975)

51st percentile spread · 26% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, producer

The Time Machine (1960)

Midcredits 92nd · 83% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 66/100 and the pacing 44/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is George Pal's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 44 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 7 · minimalMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 5 · minimalMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 28 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 45 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does George Pal work with?

People who share at least 2 of George Pal's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Byron Haskin shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers