Born in Budapest and educated in Britain, Pogány emigrated to Italy and spent much of his career in the country.
He worked frequently with the director Vittorio De Sica on films such as Two Women (1960).
[2] In 1960 he won a Nastro d'Argento for best cinematography for his work in Alessandro Blasetti's European Nights.
[3] Pogány's son Cristiano Pogany was also a cinematographer, who was born in 1947, Rome, Lazio, Italy and died on 18 February 1999, aged 52, in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
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