Andor Vidor (1912–1943) was a Hungarian cinematographer.Rîpeanu p.151Horák p.161 Vidor was born in Budapest of Jewish heritage, the nephew of screenwriter Ladislaus Vajda and a cousin of Ladislao Vajda. He trained under the guidance of István Eiben and went on to shoot a dozen Hungarian films during the 1930s, generally romantic comedies. His career was halted by the introduction of the Anti-Jewish Laws of 1938 aimed to remove those of Jewish ethnicity from the Hungarian film industry. His final work was as editor on the 1939 sports comedy film 3:1 a szerelem javáraSchwab p.65 The exact date and location of his death are unclear, although he was working as a forced labourer in Axis-controlled territory.
Selected filmography Hello, Budapest! (1935) Salary, 200 a Month (1936) The Mysterious Stranger (1937) 120 Kilometres an Hour (1937) I May See Her Once a Week (1937) The Borrowed Castle (1937) A Girl Sets Out (1937) My Daughter Is Different (1937) Modern Girls (1937) Help, I'm an Heiress (1937) Hotel Springtime (1937) The Village Rogue (1938) 3:1 a szerelem javára (1939)
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Bibliography Horák, Magda. A magyar értelmiség veszteségei az 1940-es években. BékésPrint, 1994. Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988). Saur, 1981. Schwab, Jan Tilman. Fussball im Film: Lexikon des Fussballfilms, Volume 2. Belleville, 2006.
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