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Elmyr de Hory

Acting Born Apr 16, 1906 Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary] 3 credits

Biography

Elmyr de Hory (1905 – December 11, 1976) was a Hungarian-born painter and art forger who claimed to have sold over a thousand forgeries to reputable art galleries all over the world. His forgeries garnered much celebrity from a Clifford Irving book, Fake!, and from F for Fake (1974), a documentary essay film by Orson Welles.

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Known for

Film

F for Fake

as Self

Full filmography

  • F for Fake (1973) as Self
  • Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory (2008) as Self
  • Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery (1997) as Self (archive footage)