The world, in perspective.

D’origine hongroise, le cinéaste avait tourné plusieurs longs-métrages avant de glisser vers les séries, signant notamment des épisodes de « Miss Marple », de « The Wire » ou de « Breaking Bad ». Il s’est éteint le 27 octobre, à l’âge de 88 ans.

Madrid. Peter Medak, director húngaro responsable de La clase dirigente, con Peter O’Toole, o de la película de terror Al final de la escalera, falleció el pasado martes en Los Ángeles a los 88 años. En el tramo final de su carrera el cineasta también dirigió capítulos de series tan laureadas como The Wire, House o Breaking Bad.

Unkarilaissyntyinen Medak muistetaan muun muassa kauhuelokuvastaan The Changeling.

A Breaking Bad és a Drót egy-egy epizódját is ő rendezte. 1956-ban hagyta el Magyarországot.

Peter Medak, the Hungarian-born director and actor best known for films including “The Changeling,” “The Krays” and “The Ruling Class” died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 88. Over a career spanning six decades, Medak directed 27 feature films, moving between psychological horror, black comedy and crime dramas. His 1980 supernatural thriller “The Changeling,”

Peter Medak, the award-winning Hungarian-British film and television director with a career spanning six decades and credits including The Changeling starring George C. Scott, Romeo Is Bleeding with Gary Oldman and The Krays starring Martin and Gary Kemp, died Tuesday, October 27 in Los Angeles. He was 88. His death was announced by family. Though […]

After fleeing his native Hungary for England, he also helmed ‘A Day in the Death of Joe Egg,’ ‘The Krays,’ ‘Romeo Is Bleeding’ and episodes of ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ and ‘Breaking Bad.’