László Márkus

Film and theatre director, author, journalist, scenarist. Among others he was the leading director of the Opera and the managing director of the National Theatre. He got into the film branch around 1917. He designed scenery and directed (for Korona and Omega factories) in the silent era. He also directed inthe radio. After 1945 he was a teacher at the School for Film and Dramatic Arts. Of his literary pieces the tragedy Attila (Bp., 1911) The tragedy of Agis(play, Bp., 1936) are best known. His collection of publicism is Hungarian problems(Bp., 1916).