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Honorary citizen of Ferencváros since 2023.

Since 1968 he was a Director and Cinematographer at Mafilm.

In 2022 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Vilmos Zsigmond Film Festival.

Played a decisive role in the drafting of the Hungarian Film Act. This established the basis of the current film support system, ensuring the state protection and development of motion picture culture.

Attended the Eötvös Loránd University and the the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts, graduating in 1968.

Was a member of the board of the Association of Hungarian Film Artists.

In 2010 he was awarded the title of Master of Hungarian Motion Picture.

Participated in the organization of the Hungarian Film Festival.

Taught at the University of Theatre and Film Arts.

President of the Hungarian Motion Picture Public Foundation (MMKK).

Father Karoly Grünwalsky (1912-1996) was a Lutheran pastor, mother Iroska Laasz (1912-1987) was a housewife.

Was a member of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts.

Received the Kossuth Prize in 2004 as "one of the most creative personalities of the film industry, who adapted the strange areas of Hungarian reality, for many years he has become the innovator of the visual language of Hungarian film; he is the pioneer and one of the creators of the film-like application of video technology in Hungary".

In 2023 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award of film critics.

He attended the Eötvös Loránd University and the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts.