George Pal

George Pal born Gyorgy Pal Marczincsak February 1 1908 May 2 1980 was a HungarianAmerican 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 19421948 He received an honorary Oscar for the development of novel animation methods and techniques in 1944