GEORGE PAUL CSICSERY, a writer and independent filmmaker, has produced 35 documentaries on historical, ethnographic, and cultural subjects. His films on mathematical topics include N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős (1993), Julia Robinson and Hilbert’s Tenth Problem, (2008), Hard Problems: The Road to the World’s Toughest Math Contest (2008), Taking the Long View: The Life of Shiing-shen Chern (2011), Counting from Infinity (2015), Navajo Math Circles (2016), and Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani (2020). Between 2010 and 2014 he produced 30 long-form biographical interviews for the Simons Foundation Science Lives series, and a 150 video documentation of the 2014 Gathering4Gardner meeting (G4G). He has produced numerous shorter films and videos working with MSRI, MAA, and independently. In 2009 he received the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) Communications Award for bringing mathematics to nonmathematical audiences. In 2017-2019 he was Presidential Fellow at Chapman University. See www.zalafilms.com for more.
  • Director (2 Credits)
    Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani2019
    Documentary
    Navajo Math Circles2016
    Documentary
  • Producer (1 Credit)
    Navajo Math Circles2016
    Documentary
College
University of California -- Berkeley
Comparative Religions
19651969
College
San Francisco State College
Cinema
19691972
High School
Calasanctius Prep School
Sociology
19591965
Birth Date
March 17, 1948
Birth City
Regensburg, Germany
Current City
Oakland, California
Height
5'11
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
Magyar
Eye Color
Blue
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
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