Jenö Janovics(1872-1945)

Director and Managing Director Jenö Janovics was one of the pioneers of film in Hungary. He was instrumental in the formation of a systematic film production: Between 1914-17 his film companies Proja and Corvin worked with influential directors like Michael Curtiz, Márton Garas and Alexander Korda. In 1918 he founded a new company with the name Transylvania. His favourite genre was the literary - mostly classical - adaptation. He himself appeared in front of the camera as well. He built up a movie network in Transylvania thus promoting the sales of his first films. At the beginning of the 40s he wrote short film scripts for the Hungarian Film Bureau (Magyar Filmiroda - MFI). His wife was Lili Poór, the distinguished dramatic actress.