Gothár is a Hungarian director and screenwriter. He began his career as assistant director on television. From 1971 to 1975, he studied film direction and soon afterwards began directing documentaries and TV dramas. He directed and wrote the screenplay for the film Ajándék ez a nap (A Priceless Day, 1979), which won the Golden Lion in Venice the next year as the best debut film. His next film Megáll az idö (Time Stands Still, 1982) won an award at the Cannes film festival in the category of foreign films. His other films include Idö van (Time, 1986), Melodráma (1991), A Részleg (The Outpost, 1995), Haggjállógva Vászka (1996), Paszport (Passport, 2001) and Magyar szépség (Hungarian Beauty, 2003) that won the main award at the Hungarian Film Week in 2003.