He introduced a signature style with the films ?It Happened in Europe?, ?The House Under the Rocks? and ?The Toth Family?.
Illés is considered to have paved the way for such famous Hungarian cinematographers as László Kovács and Vilmos Zsigmond, who both established themselves in the US.
Chair of the Hungarian Society of Cinematographers János Kende called Illés ?an extraordinary cinematographer,? adding that ?he was the innovating spirit of the 1960s and 1970s.? He was at the forefront of Hungarian cinematography for several decades after the late 1940s and many of today?s young cinematographers have learnt from him, Kende said.
György Illés was the honorary chair of the Hungarian Society of Cinematographers. He was twice the recipient of the Kossuth Prize, Hungary?s highest award for artists.
