György Gát

György Gát (sometimes credited as George Gat, born 5 February 1947 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian television director and producer.. He is also a regular lecturer at ELTE University in Budapest.

The son of a noted diplomat and lecturer, he spent some of his youth in Montreal and in .

After returning to Budapest and an unsuccessful attempt to become an actor, Gát turned to directing at a very young age, starting as a runner and eventually becoming a cameraman, and then a director.

As a young man his popularity was unparalleled among his peers, he never hesitated to stand up for a friend, and his interactions were extremely helpful to several young people, who experienced extreme difficulties to find a job or earn a living in those years.

His first hit was the crime-comedy TV series "Linda" (1984–1989). "Linda" starred his wife Nóra Görbe with whom he had two children, Anna Gát (1983) and Márton (1989).

It was during the pre-production of "Linda" that Gát became Hungary's first independent television producer - a position that at the time the regime did not acknowledge.

He subsequently created series "Angyalbőrben" (1990–1991), "Familia Kft." (1991–1997), "TV a város szélén" (1998), "SztárVár" (2005) and the animated series "Szerencsi fel!" (2004).

He married actress Bernadett Gregor during the filming of "TV a város szélén". The marriage lasted only a year.

In 2008 he co-wrote and co-directed a sequel to animated movie Vuk (film), called "A Kis Vuk" (in English: A Fox's Tale). In Hungary, the reception of the sequel was controversial.

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