{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/1284895/robert-vas",
  "name": "Robert Vas",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/1284895/robert-vas",
  "knownForDepartment": "Directing",
  "description": "Robert Vas was a Hungarian film director who settled in England. He came to England after the Hungarian uprising in 1956. He was committed to documentary, like Refuge England and, after a short period working for the National Coal Board, he went on to make a seminal series of films for the BBC.",
  "image": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/7CS7BOn3wod5ETVYDTjMVVAWkty.jpg",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2151567"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "9 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 202582,
      "title": "Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy",
      "year": "1974",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/202582/omnibus-cuckoo-a-celebration-of-mr-laurel-and-mr-hardy-1974"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 488484,
      "title": "Brecht and Co",
      "year": "1979",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/bM2JVsAcqAQjTyc0vDZqh8GY7FG.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/488484/brecht-and-co-1979"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 472595,
      "title": "My Homeland",
      "year": "1976",
      "role": "Writer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/dyTVUZ88n6DkNB5S7irdSrMrCh2.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/472595/my-homeland-1976"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 299890,
      "title": "No Short Cut",
      "year": "1964",
      "role": "Assistant Editor",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/vvZYUBIo66tzbtbcz6aQ78EYQK8.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/299890/no-short-cut-1964"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1282526,
      "title": "Man of Rope",
      "year": "1961",
      "role": "Editor",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1282526/man-of-rope-1961"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 395149,
      "title": "Deckie Learner",
      "year": "1965",
      "role": "Editor",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/395149/deckie-learner-1965"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 249600,
      "title": "The Vanishing Street",
      "year": "1962",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 6,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/99gs2Q1tMyAW2H6xLmws5V5x2Mb.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/249600/the-vanishing-street-1962"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 249595,
      "title": "Refuge England",
      "year": "1959",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8Prt1vH3Yd82Vq4EXAQQjHRDlm8.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/249595/refuge-england-1959"
    }
  ]
}