Attila Bertalan
| Attila Bertalan | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia |
| Occupation | film director, actor, screenwriter |
| Known for | A Bullet in the Head |
Attila Bertalan is a Canadian actor and filmmaker.[1] He is most noted for his 1990 film A Bullet in the Head, which was selected as Canada's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1991.[2]
Originally from British Columbia,[2] Bertalan was twice honoured by the Canadian Student Film Festival while he was a film student at the University of British Columbia, receiving an honourable mention in 1982 for The Glass Door[3] and winning Best Director and Best Fiction Film in 1984 for The Roomer.[4] Later based in Montreal, he acted in several films, including Bashar Shbib's Seductio, Clair Obscur and 15 Ugly Sisters, while making A Bullet to the Head. The film, a war allegory about an injured soldier' struggle to survive in unfamiliar territory, was spoken entirely in an invented language.[5]
In 1992, A Bullet to the Head was screened by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City as part of a Canadian film series that also included Léa Pool's La Demoiselle sauvage and André Forcier's Une histoire inventée.[6]
Bertalan's second film, Between the Moon and Montevideo, was released in 2000.[7] A science fiction film set on a space station, the film starred Bertalan, Gerard Gagnon and Pascale Bussières.[8]
References
- ↑ "Clever film's story as universal as war". Edmonton Journal, February 28, 1991.
- 1 2 "Bullet in the Head chosen for Oscar consideration". The Globe and Mail, November 13, 1991.
- ↑ "Toronto student wins film award". The Globe and Mail, November 25, 1982.
- ↑ "O'Donoghue film wins $1,000 prize". The Globe and Mail, March 29, 1984.
- ↑ "Canadian films champion shoestring survival". Kingston Whig-Standard, July 9, 1992.
- ↑ "Canadian film gets a boost from MOMA". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1992.
- ↑ "A good film, struggling to be born". The Globe and Mail, May 18, 2001.
- ↑ "Wacky and witless with fine acting". The Province, June 1, 2001.