guest roles in works by young, up-and-coming Hungarian directors. In addition to feature films, Jancsó made a number of shorts and documentaries throughout his career and from 1971 into the 1980s also directed work for the theater. Miklós Jancsó has been honorary scholar at the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest since 1988, and was an affiliate at Harvard between 1990 and 1992. Politics During the Communist era Jancsó was often criticized for being formalist, nationalist and generally against the Socialist ideology. From the 1990s onwards Jancsó became known for loudly supporting Hungarian liberal party SZDSZ. Many of his claims, like his wry dismissal of Hungary and its history made him a somewhat controversial figure. He also campaigned for the legalization of cannabis. Personal life He married Katalin Wowesznyi in 1949; their two children are Nyika (Miklós Jancsó Jr., b.1952) and Babus (Katalin Jancsó, b.1955). After divorcing Wowesznyi, he married film director Márta Mészáros in 1958. In 1968 Jancsó met Italian journalist and script author Giovanna Gagliardo in Budapest. They moved to Rome, where he worked for nearly a decade, with occasional, short periods in Budapest. In 1980 he separated from Gagliardo and married film editor Zsuzsa Csákány in 1981. They had a son, Dávid, in 1982. Jancsó died of lung cancer on 31 January 2014, aged 92. Fellow Hungarian director Béla Tarr called Jancsó "the greatest Hungarian film director of all time." Awards He received five nominations for the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival. winning for Red Psalm in 1972. In 1973 he was awarded the prestigious Kossuth Prize in Hungary. He received awards for his life work in 1979 and 1990, at Cannes and Venice respectively. Filmography Features The Bells Have Gone to Rome (1958) Cantata (1963) My Way Home (1965) The Round-Up (1966) The Red and the White (1967) Silence and Cry (1968) Decameron '69 (1969) The Confrontation (1969) Sirokkó (1969) The Pacifist (1970) Égi bárány (1971) La tecnica e il rito (TV movie, 1971) Red Psalm (1972) Roma rivuole Cesare (TV movie, 1974) Electra, My Love (1974) Private Vices, Public Virtues (1976) Hungarian Rhapsody (1978) Allegro barbaro (1979) The Tyrant's Heart (1981) Faustus doktor boldogságos pokoljárása (TV mini-series, 1984) Omega, Omega, Omega (TV movie, 1984) Dawn (1986) Season of Monsters (1987) Jesus Christ's Horoscope (1989) God Walks Backwards (1991) Blue Danube Waltz (1992) The Lord's Lantern in Budapest (1999) Mother! The