ABOUT MIKLOS JANCSO
Director whose work frequently focused on the abuse of power. He was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice Film Festival in 1990.
He served in World War II and was a prisoner of war.
He was awarded Best Director for Red Psalm at the Cannes Film Festival in 1972.
He married film editor Zsuzsa Csákány in 1981.
He and Elephant director Gus Van Sant have both won the Best Director award at Cannes.
