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Ferenc Varsányi

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Throughout his 30 year career in the entertainment industry, Varsanyi has won multiple awards including a Daytime Emmy for his work directing the first 15 episodes of Klasky Csupo's "The Rugrats" and has worked all over the world from Hollywood to Korea to Taiwan to Europe producing and directing major animation projects. Varsanyi has completed as technical director in 2001 "The Princess and the Pea" (USA), an $8 million feature length animated project and directed the world TV premier of Burundis - full length TV special - in conjunction with BouncyNet Inc and Latin American broadcasting giant, Televisa. In 2007 he was the supervisor director of "The Pearl of the Desert"- (Dubai) full length animated feature.

Born and raised in his native land of Hungary, Varsanyi has been writing and directing hundreds of live action, animated, and mixed genre (live action mixed with animation) films since the mid 1970s. His productions have won him notoriety as a filmmaker both in Hungary and abroad. Including the mentioned Daytime Emmy Award for "The Rugrats", Golden Rose Award in Montreux for "Variations" (TV series), the First Price and The Special Prize of the Jury on two International Festivals of Film Comedies for his short and long feature animated films, several First and Grand Prizes on different local festivals, three times Presidential Award of the MTV for his TV series, and Youth Award of the Hungarian Cultural Ministry for his own feature film: "Schooltime Blues".

Throughout his career, Varsanyi has worked with such notable studios as Pannonia Film Studio (Eastern Europe's leading producer of Animation throughout the 1970s and '80s), and as the world famous Varga Studio, and Klasky-Csupo Inc., in Hollywood California.

Also he has published 3 fantasy books: "Secret of the Dragon Land", "The Demon", and "The Shaman". He was the producer of 3 short animated project made by Marcell Jankovics and Balazs Pal - in his own company. He was lecturer the Hungarian Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, the Pannnonia Film, Varga Studio and Faludi Academy as well.

At the present he is the Screen Writer/Director/ and Co- Producer of his own project: "Dirty Fred the Captain, a full length animated feature film.
BornJuly 23, 1950
BornJuly 23, 1950
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    Suli-buli (1982)
    Suli-buli
    7.2
    • Writer
    • 1982
    Captain Dirty Fred
    Captain Dirty Fred
    • Writer
      Kis magyar burleszk
      Short
      • Writer
      • 1979
      Mézes-táncos
      7.0
      Short
      • Writer
      • 1976

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      • Christine Cavanaugh, Charlie Adler, and David Eccles in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1994)
        Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
        7.2
        TV Series
        • overseas supervising director
        • 1994–1996
      • Nancy Cartwright, Christine Cavanaugh, Tara Strong, Cheryl Chase, Elizabeth Daily, Dionne Quan, Kath Soucie, and Cree Summer in Rugrats (1991)
        Rugrats
        7.4
        TV Series
        • overseas supervising director (as Ferenc Varsanyi)
        • 1992

      Writer



      • Dirty Fred Strikes Back
        • Writer
        • Pre-production
      • Captain Dirty Fred
        • Writer
        • Pre-production



      • Keresztesek egykor és ma
        TV Movie
        • Writer
        • 2020
      • Suli-buli (1982)
        Suli-buli
        7.2
        • Writer
        • 1982
      • Csúzli
        TV Mini Series
        • Writer
        • 1978–1981
      • Kis magyar burleszk
        Short
        • Writer
        • 1979
      • Mézes-táncos
        7.0
        Short
        • Writer
        • 1976

      Director



      • Captain Dirty Fred
        • Director
        • Pre-production



      • Keresztesek egykor és ma
        TV Movie
        • Director
        • 2020
      • Christine Cavanaugh, Charlie Adler, and David Eccles in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1994)
        Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
        7.2
        TV Series
        • supervising director: overseas
        • 1995
      • Csepke
        TV Mini Series
        • Director
        • 1987
      • Csepke világgá megy
        TV Movie
        • Director
        • 1987
      • Suli-buli (1982)
        Suli-buli
        7.2
        • Director
        • 1982
      • Kis magyar burleszk
        Short
        • Director
        • 1979
      • Nagy mulatság
        Short
        • Director
        • 1977
      • Mézes-táncos
        7.0
        Short
        • Director
        • 1976

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      • Alternative name
        • Ferenc Varsanyi
      • Born
        • July 23, 1950
        • Budapest, Hungary

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        • Umberto

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