PRODUCERS from Hungary

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Hungarian Producers of all time. This list of famous Hungarian Producers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. William Fox (1879 - 1952)

With an HPI of 56.99, William Fox is the most famous Hungarian Producer.  His biography has been translated into 32 different languages on wikipedia.

Wilhelm Fried Fuchs (Hungarian: Fried Vilmos; January 1, 1879 – May 8, 1952), commonly and better known as William Fox, was an American film industry executive who founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres chain in the 1920s. Although he lost control of his film businesses in 1930, his name was used by 20th Century Fox (now part of The Walt Disney Company) and continues to be used in the trademarks of the present-day Fox Corporation, including the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox News, Fox Sports and Foxtel.

2. Andrew G. Vajna (1944 - 2019)

With an HPI of 50.78, Andrew G. Vajna is the 2nd most famous Hungarian Producer.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Andrew G. Vajna (born András György Vajna; 1 August 1944 – 20 January 2019) was a Hungarian-American film producer whose films include the first three entries in the Rambo series, Total Recall, Tombstone, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Evita, and Terminator 3. He founded the now-defunct production companies Carolco Pictures, Cinergi Pictures, and C2 Pictures, frequently in collaboration with Mario Kassar.