Carl Schultz is a Hungarian film director.

Early life

He left his native Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

 during the uprising of 1956 with his brother Otto Schultz. They fled to England

England

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; after arriving in London

London

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, they moved to Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

. In 1958, Carl emigrated to Australia

Australia

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 by himself, where he worked for Australian TV, first as a cameraman, and then as a director.

Career

In 1978, he directed his first feature film, Blue Fin

Blue Fin

Blue Fin is a 1978 family movie that stars Hardy Krüger, Greg Rowe and Elspeth Ballantyne. It is based on an Australian novel written by Colin Thiele and published in 1969.-Plot:...

, starring Hardy Kruger

Hardy Krüger

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. His more notable film credits include Careful, He Might Hear You

Careful, He Might Hear You

Careful, He Might Hear You is a 1983 Australian drama film. It is based on the novel of the same name by Australian-American author Sumner Locke Elliott....

, winner of eight AFI

AFI

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 Australian Film Institute Awards

Australian Film Institute Awards

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award, known as the AACTA Award , is an accolade presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts . The awards recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry and television industry, including directors,...

 awards, including Best Director and Best Film; Travelling North

Travelling North

Travelling North is a 1987 film directed by Carl Schultz.An aged couple decide to move from Melbourne to Queensland.-Play:The David Williamson play Travelling North premiered in 1979, the year that Williamson moved from Melbourne to Sydney...

, with Leo McKern

Leo McKern

Reginald "Leo" McKern, AO was an Australian-born British actor who appeared in numerous British and Australian television programmes and movies, and more than 200 stage roles.-Early life:...

; and The Seventh Sign

The Seventh Sign

The Seventh Sign is a 1988 apocalyptic drama film written by Clifford and Ellen Green and directed by Carl Schultz.-Plot:Signs of the apocalypse are appearing, along with a mysterious wanderer. Father Lucci is the Vatican official investigating them...

, starring Demi Moore

Demi Moore

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and Jürgen Prochnow

Jürgen Prochnow

Jürgen Prochnow is a German actor. His most well-known roles internationally have been as the sympathetic submarine captain in Das Boot , Duke Leto Atreides I in Dune , the minor, but important role of Neo-Stalinist dictator General Ivan Radek in Air Force One and the villain Maxwell Dent in...

.

Awards

• 1997 Nominated AFI Award Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Sourcefor: Love in Ambush (1997) (TV)
• 1983 Won AFI Award Best Director for: Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)
• 1982 Nominated AFI Award Best Direction for: Goodbye Paradise (1983)
• 1990 Nominated for International Fantasy Film Award Best Film for: The Seventh Sign (1988)

External links

• Carl Schultz at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0776209/