Stephanie Zimbalist Partner Peter Medak Is A Film Director

Stephanie Zimbalist partner Peter Medak is an acclaimed film and TV director. Medak is a Hungarian-born artist who has been in the entertainment business for 57 years.

Medak was born to parents Elisabeth and Gyula on 23 December 1937 in Budapest, Hungary. He belonged to a Jewish family. 

The Hungarian fled his home country in 1956 during the Hungarian Uprising and settled in England. He was only 18 when the uprising against the Soviet regime broke out in Hungary.

In England, Medak embarked on a new adventure and pursued his career in the film industry as a director. The young man started his career as a trainee and gradually rose to the position of a film director.

Medak was given the opportunity to direct an episode of the TV series Court Martial in 1965. The director signed a deal with Paramount Pictures for feature films in 1967 and made Negatives in 1968.

The 85-year-old is widely recognized for his work in The Ruling Class, The Changeling, The Krays, and Let Him Have It. Medak has been successful as a director in both feature films and TV movies.

The 1972 black comedy movie The Ruling Class earned the director his first Academy Award nomination. The Hungarian-born has been active in the entertainment business for over fifty years and has 70 credits as a director. 

The Ruling Class director has been in four relationships at different times. In 1963, Medak married Marie Catherine la Kermance, with whom he had two children. Kermance passed away in September 1971. 

A couple of years after his first wife's demise, the Hungarian married Carolyn Seymour in December 1973. The couple was blessed with two children. After a decade of relationship, the couple parted ways in 1984.

Actress Julia Migenes was the third bride of the Hungarian-born director. The couple got married in 1988 and stayed together until their divorce in 2003. 

The Changeling director is now in a relationship with actress Stephanie Zimbalist. The couple has been dating each other since 2000. 

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