Béla Ternovszky

Directing

Béla Ternovszky is a Hungarian animator best known for Cat City (1986) and animated series Master Eder and his Pumuckl (1995-2005). In 1961, after passing his high school diploma, he enrolled in the philosophy - aesthetics department of the Evening University of Marxism-Leninism , where he graduated in 1964. He then worked at Pannónia Filmstúdió and later at Filmvállalat. He was initially a draftsman, then a motion designer and director. In 1979, in the Federal Republic of Germany, he worked with Infafilm at the Bavarian television station Bayerischer Rundfunk . After making the successful Master Eder and his Pumuckl series, between 1995 and 2005, Studio II. Kft. is also one of the owners and directors. He retired in 2003. His first own short film, Modern training methods, won numerous domestic and international festival awards. He gained international fame in 1986 with the highly successful cartoon "Cat City." Married, his wife Karola Ács is a production manager. They have three daughters.