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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Stephan Bálint
| name = Stephan Balint
| image = File:Stephan_Balint.png
| image =
| alt = passport photograph
| alt = passport photograph
| caption = Rome or Milan, Italy,
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| nationality = Hungarian
| nationality = Hungarian
| other_names = István Bálint; Pisti
| other_names = István Bálint; Pisti
| occupation = Actor, writer and director
| occupation = Actor, writer and theatre director
| years_active = Circa 1972–1991
| years_active = Circa 1972–1991
| known_for = Squat Theatre co-founder, actor, playwright, director. Film actor and screenwriter
| known_for = Squat Theatre co-founder, actor, playwright, director. Film actor and screenwriter
| notable_works = Dreamland Burns, L-Train to Eldorado
| notable_works = Dreamland Burns, L-Train to Eldorado
}}
}}
{{Infobox person
|name=Full Moon Killer
|image=File:Set_of_Full_Moon_Killer.jpg
|caption=Written and directed by Stephan Balint. Sets and set design by Eva Buchmuller. Lighting by Michael Chybowski, 1990}}


'''Stephan Balint''' also know as '''Istvan Balint''' (born 11 July 1943 in [[Budapest]], died 11 October 2007 in Budapest).<ref name="Cohen">{{cite news | first = Patricia |last = Cohen | title = Stephan Balint, 64, a Founder of the Squat Theater, Dies | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/arts/02balint.html | work = The New York Times |accessdate = December 2, 2007}}</ref><ref name="wire">{{cite news| first = |last = |title =Stephan Balint, Influential Hungarian Playwright, Actor, Director and Poet, Is Dead at 64|url =http://www.nytheatre-wire.com/bs07101t.htm| work = The New York Theatre Wire | accessdate = July 29, 2018}}</ref> was a notable writer, actor, director and [[playwright]]. Balint was co-founder of New York's [[Squat Theatre]] where he wrote, acted and directed [[L-Train to Eldorado]] and [[Full Moon Killer]].
'''Stephan Balint''' (born ''Bálint István'' 11 July 1943 in [[Budapest]], died 11 October 2007 in Budapest)<ref name="Cohen">{{cite news | first = Patricia |last = Cohen | title = Stephan Balint, 64, a Founder of the Squat Theater, Dies | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/arts/02balint.html | work = The New York Times |access-date = December 2, 2007}}</ref><ref name="wire">{{cite news|title =Stephan Balint, Influential Hungarian Playwright, Actor, Director and Poet, Is Dead at 64|url =http://www.nytheatre-wire.com/bs07101t.htm| work = The New York Theatre Wire | access-date = July 29, 2018}}</ref> was a writer, actor, theatre director, and [[playwright]]. Balint was co-founder of New York's [[Squat Theatre]] where he wrote, acted, and directed ''L-Train to Eldorado'' and ''Full Moon Killer''.


==Life==
==Life==
Istvan Balint was the son of poet and artist [[Endre Balint]].<ref name="wire"/> Balint was the founding member of a theater group called the Squat Theater, who performed in the living room of a house after being denied a public broadcast license by the communist regime of [[Hungary]].<ref name="wire"/> The group grew into a collective that became well-known to younger artists throughout Budapest for trying to invent a new type of [[avant-garde]] production. In 1976, Balint, along with a number of other artists in the collective, toured theater festivals throughout Europe with the troupe, before relocating to [[New York City]] in mid-1977, where he changed his name to Stephan. The troupe finally settled in a theater in [[Chelsea, Manhattan]] where they became famous throughout the late 1970s and 1980s.<ref name="wire"/>
He was the father of [[Eszter Balint]].


Among the plays Balint co-wrote, co-directed, and performed in were ''Pig! Child! Fire!'', ''Andy Warhol's Last Love'', and ''Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free |url=https://www.eai.org/titles/mr-dead-mrs-free |website=Electronic Arts Intermix |publisher=Electronic Arts Intermix |access-date=13 August 2018}}</ref>
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He also acted in several films including Hunter, directed by [[Robert Frank]] and written by himself, [[American Stories, Food, Family and Philosophy]] (1989) and [[The Golden Boat]] (1990).

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He also acted in several films, including ''Hunter'', directed by [[Robert Frank]], written by himself; ''[[American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy]]'' in 1989; and ''[[The Golden Boat]]'' in 1990.<ref name="wire"/>

Balint returned to Budapest in the early 1990s, continuing his work until the start of his long illness in 2002, dying in 2007 of pneumonia.<ref name="Cohen"/> He was survived by his daughter [[Eszter Balint]], his son Gaspar Balint who lives in Budapest, and his grandson August Balint DuClos, who lives in New York.<ref name="wire"/>


==Plays==
==Plays==
* 1975-79 ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' by [[Anton Chekhov]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stirritt |first1=David |title=Three sisters Play by Anton Chekhov. Produced and performed by Squat Theater |journal=The Christian Science Monitor |date=December 3, 1980 |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1980/1203/120301.html |accessdate=July 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rich |first1=Frank |title=SQUAT'S 'THREE SISTERS' |url=http://squattheatre.com/article11.html |website=Squat Theatre |publisher=The New York Times |accessdate=July 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>Buchmuller, Koós. ''Squat Theatre''. Artist Space, 1996, p.40-41.</ref>
* 1975-79 ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' by [[Anton Chekhov]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stirritt |first1=David |title=Three sisters Play by Anton Chekhov. Produced and performed by Squat Theater |journal=The Christian Science Monitor |date=December 3, 1980 |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1980/1203/120301.html |access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rich |first1=Frank |title=SQUAT'S 'THREE SISTERS' |url=http://squattheatre.com/article11.html |website=Squat Theatre |publisher=The New York Times |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>Buchmuller, Koós. ''Squat Theatre''. Artist Space, 1996, p.40-41.</ref>
* 1977 ''Pig, Child, Fire!,'' a play in five parts. The first, a drama based on the confessions of Nikolai Stavrogin in [[Dostoyevsky]]'s ''[[Demons (Dostoevsky novel)|Demons]]''. The second is inspired by 1940s American [[Gangster film]]s. The third is a comic act.<ref>{{cite news | title =Stage: Squat Abuses West 23rd Street | date =November 17, 1977 | url =http://squattheatre.com/press1| work =The New York Times| accessdate = July 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>Buchmuller, Koós. ''Squat Theatre''. Artist Space, 1996, p.51-99.</ref>
* 1977 ''Pig, Child, Fire!,'' a play in five parts. The first, a drama based on the confessions of Nikolai Stavrogin in [[Dostoyevsky]]'s ''[[Demons (Dostoevsky novel)|Demons]]''. The second is inspired by 1940s American [[gangster film]]s. The third is a comic act.<ref>{{cite news | title =Stage: Squat Abuses West 23rd Street | date =November 17, 1977 | url =http://squattheatre.com/press1| work =The New York Times| access-date = July 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>Buchmuller, Koós. ''Squat Theatre''. Artist Space, 1996, p.51-99.</ref>
* 1978 ''Andy Warhol's Last Love'', [[Ulrike Meinhof]] meets [[Andy Warhol]] in 3 acts: ''Aliens on the Second Floor'', ''An Imperial Message'' and ''Interview With the Dead.''<ref>{{cite news | title =Squat Theatre and Crisis | date =2010 | url =http://jacketmagazine.com/40/toscano-knight-theater.shtml| work =Conditions of Poetic Production and Reception| accessdate = July 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first = Theodore| last = Shank| title =Squat Theatre | date = | url =https://www.jstor.org/stable/3245202?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents | work =Performing Arts Journal |volume=3 |number=2|year= 1978|pages=61-69}}</ref><ref>Buchmuller, Koós. ''Squat Theatre''. Artist Space, 1996, p.105-153.</ref>
* 1978 ''Andy Warhol's Last Love'', [[Ulrike Meinhof]] meets [[Andy Warhol]] in 3 acts: ''Aliens on the Second Floor'', ''An Imperial Message'' and ''Interview With the Dead.''<ref>{{cite news | title =Squat Theatre and Crisis | date =2010 | url =http://jacketmagazine.com/40/toscano-knight-theater.shtml| work =Conditions of Poetic Production and Reception| access-date = July 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first = Theodore| last = Shank| title =Squat Theatre | work =Performing Arts Journal |volume=3 |number=2|year= 1978|pages=61–69| jstor = 3245202}}</ref><ref>Buchmuller, Koós. ''Squat Theatre''. Artist Space, 1996, p.105-153.</ref>
* 1981 ''Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free,'' film and live show in a storefront, 1981.<ref name="CRAIG">{{cite news | first = CRAIG | last = BROMBERG| title =Squat Theatre--hungarians Take A Stance On America| date = May 4, 1986 | url =http://articles.latimes.com/1986-05-04/entertainment/ca-3509_1_squat-theatre | work =Los Angeles Times| accessdate= August 9, 2018}}</ref>
* 1981 ''Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free,'' film and live show in a storefront, 1981.<ref name="CRAIG">{{cite news | first = CRAIG | last = BROMBERG| title =Squat Theatre--hungarians Take A Stance On America| date = May 4, 1986 | url =http://articles.latimes.com/1986-05-04/entertainment/ca-3509_1_squat-theatre | work =Los Angeles Times| access-date= August 9, 2018}}</ref>
* 1981 ''The Battle of Sirolo.'' Open air version of ''Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free.'' Premiere at [[Polverigi]] Festival (Inteatro Festival, Polverigi.) Written, Produced, and Directed by Squat Theater.
* 1981 ''The Battle of Sirolo.'' Open air version of ''Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free.'' Premiere at [[Polverigi]] Festival (Inteatro Festival, Polverigi.) Written, Produced, and Directed by Squat Theater.
* 1982 ''The Golden Age of Squat Theatre.''' A retrospective of three Squat Theatre plays : ''Pig, Child, Fire!,'' ''Andy Warhol's Last Love'' and ''Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free.''
* 1982 ''The Golden Age of Squat Theatre.'' A retrospective of three Squat Theatre plays: ''Pig, Child, Fire!,'' ''Andy Warhol's Last Love'' and ''Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free.''
* 1985-86 ''Dreamland Burns.'' Written and directed by Balint. Sets and set design by Eva Buchmuller. Commissioned by Massachusetts Council for the Arts - New Works Grant. Performed at [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]], [[Washington, D.C.]]; [[Montreal]], [[Munich]], [[Zurich]], [[Polverigi]] International Festival; [[Boston]], Theatre der Welt, [[Frankfurt]], [[The Kitchen]], [[NYC]]; [[Los Angeles]]; [[Chicago]]; [[Milan]] Ottre Festival; [[Monserrato]], [[Cagliari]].<ref>{{cite news | first = Mel| last = Gussow| title =STAGE: SQUAT THEATER'S 'DREAMLAND BURNS' | date = | url =https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/07/theater/stage-squat-theater-s-dreamland-burns.html | work =New York Times |volume= |number= |year= 1956|pages=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first =Richard| last = Christiansen| title =Squat Theatre Bends Limits Of Stagecraft | date =May 16, 1986 | url =http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-05-16/news/8602040329_1_dreamland-burns-adolfas-mekas-film | work =Chicago Tribune |volume= |number= |year= 1986|pages= }}</ref>
* 1985-86 ''Dreamland Burns.'' Written and directed by Balint. Sets and set design by Eva Buchmuller. Commissioned by Massachusetts Council for the Arts - New Works Grant. Performed at [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]], [[Washington, D.C.]]; [[Montreal]], [[Munich]], [[Zürich]], Polverigi International Festival; [[Boston]], Theatre der Welt, [[Frankfurt]], [[The Kitchen]], [[NYC]]; [[Los Angeles]]; [[Chicago]]; [[Milan]] Ottre Festival; [[Monserrato]], [[Cagliari]].<ref>{{cite news | first = Mel| last = Gussow| title =STAGE: SQUAT THEATER'S 'DREAMLAND BURNS' | url =https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/07/theater/stage-squat-theater-s-dreamland-burns.html | work =New York Times |year= 1956}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first =Richard| last = Christiansen| title =Squat Theatre Bends Limits Of Stagecraft | date =May 16, 1986 | url =http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-05-16/news/8602040329_1_dreamland-burns-adolfas-mekas-film | work =Chicago Tribune}}</ref>
* 1985-86 ''L-Train to Eldorado.'' Written and directed by Balint.<ref name="Cohen"/><ref name="wire"/> Commissioned by the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]] and Art Bureau [[Munich]], Next Wave Festival, BAM ([[Brooklyn Academy of Music]], CAL Performances, [[Berkeley, California]]; Hunter Playhouse, [[NYC]]; [[Boston]], [[Amherst, Massachusetts]]; [[Vienna]] Festival; [[Holland Festival]]; Theatre der Welt, [[Hamburg]]; [[Zurich]] Theatre Spektakel.
* 1985-86 ''L-Train to Eldorado.'' Written and directed by Balint.<ref name="Cohen"/><ref name="wire"/> Commissioned by the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]] and Art Bureau Munich, Next Wave Festival, BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music, CAL Performances, [[Berkeley, California]]; Hunter Playhouse, NYC; Boston, [[Amherst, Massachusetts]]; [[Vienna]] Festival; [[Holland Festival]]; Theatre der Welt, [[Hamburg]]; Zürich Theatre Spektakel.
* 1990-91 ''Full Moon Killer.'' Written and directed by Balint. Sets and set design by Eva Buchmuller. Part of the trilogy ''Killing Time,'' ''a work in progress'': [[The Kitchen]], NYC.
* 1990-91 ''Full Moon Killer.'' Written and directed by Balint. Sets and set design by Eva Buchmuller. Part of the trilogy ''Killing Time,'' ''a work in progress'': The Kitchen, NYC.


==Films==
==Films==
* 1975 ''Minotaur in a Sand Mine'' 20 minutes, B&W, [[16mm]]. [[Budapest]], [[Biennale de Paris]].
* 1975 ''Minotaur in a Sand Mine'' 20 minutes, B&W, [[16mm]]. [[Budapest]], [[Biennale de Paris]].
* 1975 ''Don Juan von Leporello.'' 60 minutes, B&W, 16mm Budapest, [[Dusseldorf]].
* 1975 ''Don Juan von Leporello.'' 60 minutes, B&W, 16mm Budapest, [[Düsseldorf]].
* 1977 ''Pig, Child, Fire!'' 1981, 60 min, color, sound, 16mm<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eai.org/titles/pig-child-fire |title=Pig, Child, Fire!|access-date=2018-07-27}}</ref>
* 1977 ''Pig, Child, Fire!'' 1981, 60 min, color, sound, 16mm<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eai.org/titles/pig-child-fire |title=Pig, Child, Fire!|access-date=2018-07-27}}</ref>
* 1978 ''Andy Warhol's Last Love,'' ''An Imperial Message,'' 2nd part of play. 1978-81, 60 min, b&w and color, sound, 16mm. Directed by Balint and [[Péter Halász (actor)|Péter Halász]], Performance Camera: Larry Solomon. 'An Imperial Message' camera: Michel Auder. Michael Mooser, cinematography. Editor: Roughcut Studio. Music: [[Blondie (band)]], [[Kraftwerk]]. Appearance by Kathleen Kendel as the White Witch. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eai.org/titles/andy-warhol-s-last-love |title=Andy Warhol's Last Love |access-date=2018-07-27}}</ref>
* 1978 ''Andy Warhol's Last Love,'' ''An Imperial Message,'' 2nd part of play. 1978-81, 60 min, b&w and color, sound, 16mm. Directed by Balint and [[Péter Halász (actor)|Péter Halász]], Performance Camera: Larry Solomon. 'An Imperial Message' camera: Michel Auder. Michael Mooser, cinematography. Editor: Roughcut Studio. Music: [[Blondie (band)]], [[Kraftwerk]]. Appearance by Kathleen Kendel as the White Witch.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eai.org/titles/andy-warhol-s-last-love |title=Andy Warhol's Last Love |access-date=2018-07-27}}</ref>
* 1981 ''Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free.'' 43 minutes, color, 16mm. Part of the play ''Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free'' exhibited separately, [[Hamburg]], Abaton Cinema, [[Berlin]]. Künstlerhaus; [[Yale University]]. Directed by Balint and Halász. Péter Halász, cinematography. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eai.org/titles/mr-dead-mrs-free |title=Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free |access-date=2018-07-27}}</ref>
* 1981 ''Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free.'' 43 minutes, color, 16mm. Part of the play ''Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free'' exhibited separately, [[Hamburg]], Abaton Cinema, [[Berlin]]. Künstlerhaus; [[Yale University]]. Directed by Balint and Halász. Péter Halász, cinematography.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eai.org/titles/mr-dead-mrs-free |title=Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free |access-date=2018-07-27}}</ref>
* 1982 ''A Matter of Facts 1982 by Eric Mitchell w/ Squat Theatre (Archival)'' 17 minutes, 45 seconds, color, 16mm. Starring Stephan Balint, Klara Palotai, Boris Major, Péter Halász, Peter Berg, Eric Daillie, Anna Koós, [[Eszter Balint]], Vince Pomilio, Phillipe Pagasky and [[Arto Lindsay]]. ''Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free.'' courtesy of Squat Theatre.
* 1982 ''A Matter of Facts 1982 by Eric Mitchell w/ Squat Theatre (Archival)'' 17 minutes, 45 seconds, color, 16mm. Starring Stephan Balint, Klara Palotai, Boris Major, Péter Halász, Peter Berg, Eric Daillie, Anna Koós, [[Eszter Balint]], Vince Pomilio, Phillipe Pagasky and [[Arto Lindsay]]. ''Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free.'' courtesy of Squat Theatre.
* 1983 ''Tscherwonez.'' Directed by Gabor Altorjay. With Stephan Balint, Peter (Breznyik) Berg, Péter Halász and Eva Buchmuller of Squat Theatre.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/tscherwonez-v158421 |title=Tscherwonez |access-date=August 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHbttGmPtGI|title=Tscherwonez|access-date=August 10, 2018}}</ref>
* 1983 ''Tscherwonez.'' Directed by Gabor Altorjay. With Stephan Balint, Peter (Breznyik) Berg, Péter Halász and Eva Buchmuller of Squat Theatre.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/tscherwonez-v158421 |title=Tscherwonez |access-date=August 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHbttGmPtGI|title=Tscherwonez|access-date=August 10, 2018}}</ref>
* 1985 ''Let Me Love You,'' 36 minutes, B&W, 16mm. Part of the play ''Dreamland Burns'' exhibited at [[Montreal]], International Festival of New Cinema & Video. ([[Festival du nouveau cinéma]]). With [[Shirley Clarke]], [[Richard Leacock]] and [[August Darnell]]. Directed by Stephan Balint.
* 1985 ''Let Me Love You,'' 36 minutes, B&W, 16mm. Part of the play ''Dreamland Burns'' exhibited at [[Montreal]], International Festival of New Cinema & Video. ([[Festival du nouveau cinéma]]). With [[Shirley Clarke]], [[Richard Leacock]] and [[August Darnell]]. Directed by Stephan Balint.
* 1985 ''[[American Stories, Food, Family and Philosophy]]'' (French: Histoires d'Amérique) is a 1989 Belgian drama film directed by [[Chantal Akerman]]. It was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1989/02_programm_1989/02_Programm_1989.html |title=Berlinale: 1989 Programme |accessdate=11 March 2011 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref> The film deals with Jewish identity in the center of the U.S.A. Eszter Balint also acted in the film.
* 1985 ''[[American Stories, Food, Family and Philosophy]]'' (French: Histoires d'Amérique) is a 1989 Belgian drama film directed by [[Chantal Akerman]]. It was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1989/02_programm_1989/02_Programm_1989.html |title=Berlinale: 1989 Programme |access-date=11 March 2011 |website=berlinale.de}}</ref> The film deals with Jewish identity in the center of the U.S.A. Eszter Balint also acted in the film.
* 1989 ''Hunter'' Directed by [[Robert Frank]]. Written by Stephan Balint. Cast, Stephan Balint and Gunter Burchert.
* 1989 ''Hunter'' Directed by [[Robert Frank]]. Written by Stephan Balint. Cast, Stephan Balint and Gunter Burchert.
* 1989 ''[[Day One (1989 film)]]'' Directed by Joseph Sargent. Writers: Peter Wyden (book), David W. Rintels (teleplay).
* 1989 ''[[Day One (1989 film)|''Day One'']]'' Directed by Joseph Sargent. Writers: Peter Wyden (book), David W. Rintels (teleplay).
* 1990 ''[[The Golden Boat]]'' Written and Directed by [[Raúl Ruiz (director)|Raúl Ruiz]].
* 1990 ''[[The Golden Boat]]'' Written and Directed by [[Raúl Ruiz (director)|Raúl Ruiz]].


==Publication==
==Publication==
*''Manifesto.'' by István Bálint on behalf of studio kassak and published in ''Schmuck,'' Hungary,
*''Manifesto.'' by István Bálint on behalf of studio kassak and published in ''Schmuck,'' Hungary, March/April 1973 issue.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.c3.hu/collection/koncept/images/schmuck.html|title=Schmuck |access-date=2018-08-06}}</ref><ref>István Bálint, "Manifesto", Written in the name of "studio-kassak", Budapest, April, 1972_Buchmuller, Koós. ''Squat Theatre''. Artist Space, 1996, p.12.</ref>
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* ''New Observations.'' Guest Editors Eva Buchmuller and Stephan Balint. Copyright 1986, New Observations Ltd. and the authors, all rights reserved. {{ISSN|0737-5387}}<ref>{{cite news | first =Balint |last =Buchmuller | title =Squat Theatre | date = October 8, 1986| url = http://s3.amazonaws.com/asmedia/7e476176ce705229d2c039897100a206/v0kxGlEQQd.pdf | work =New Observations | access-date = July 19, 2018}}</ref>
march/april 1973 issue.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.c3.hu/collection/koncept/images/schmuck.html|title=Schmuck |access-date=2018-08-06}}</ref><ref>István Bálint, "Manifesto", Written in the name of "studio-kassak", Budapest, April, 1972_Buchmuller, Koós. ''Squat Theatre''. Artist Space, 1996, p.12.</ref>
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* ''New Observations.'' Guest Editors Eva Buchmuller and Stephan Balint. Copyright 1986, New Observations Ltd. and the authors, all rights reserved. ISSN #0737-5387<ref>{{cite news | first =Balint |last =Buchmuller | title =Squat Theatre | date = October 8, 1986| url = http://s3.amazonaws.com/asmedia/7e476176ce705229d2c039897100a206/v0kxGlEQQd.pdf | work =New Observations | accessdate = July 19, 2018}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
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* 1978 – [[Obie Award]], for outstanding achievement for ''Pig, Child, Fire''
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* 1979 – Grand Prix at BITEF, Belgrade International Theatre Festival, Belgrade
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* 1978 – [[Obie Award]], for outstanding achievement for Pig, Child, Fire.
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* 1979 – Best Foreign Theatre Performance of the Year, Italian Critics Award for ''Andy Warhol's Last Love''
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* 1979 – Grand Prix at BITEF, Belgrade International Theatre Festival, Belgrade.
* 1981 – Best American Play–Obie Award for ''Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free''<ref name="wire"/>
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* 1979 – Best Foreign Theatre Performance of the Year, Italian Critics Award for Andy Warhol's Last Love.
* 1982 – Best American Play–[[Obie Award]] for Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free.
* 1983 – Special Obie Award, Grand Prize
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* 1985 – Star of the Week by Hamburger Abendblatt for ''Dreamland Burns''
* 1983 – Special Obie Award, Grand Prize.
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* 1989 – [[New York Foundation for the Arts]] Fellowship (NYFA) to writer director Balint and set designer Eva Buchmuller
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* 1985 – Star of the Week by Hamburger Abendblatt for Dreamland Burns.
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* 1989 – [[New York Foundation for the Arts]] Fellowship (NYFA) to writer director Balint and set designer Eva Buchmuller.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://squattheatre.com/index2.html Squat Theatre] Official Website
* [http://squattheatre.com/index2.html Squat Theatre] Official Website

* [http://www.eszterbalint.com ''Eszter Balint Official Website'']
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Latest revision as of 10:02, 24 March 2024

The native form of this personal name is Balint Stephan. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Stephan Balint
Born(1943-07-11)July 11, 1943
Budapest, Hungary
DiedOctober 11, 2007(2007-10-11) (aged 64)
Budapest, Hungary
NationalityHungarian
Other namesIstván Bálint; Pisti
Occupation(s)Actor, writer and theatre director
Years activeCirca 1972–1991
Known forSquat Theatre co-founder, actor, playwright, director. Film actor and screenwriter
Notable workDreamland Burns, L-Train to Eldorado
Full Moon Killer
Written and directed by Stephan Balint. Sets and set design by Eva Buchmuller. Lighting by Michael Chybowski, 1990

Stephan Balint (born Bálint István 11 July 1943 in Budapest, died 11 October 2007 in Budapest)[1][2] was a writer, actor, theatre director, and playwright. Balint was co-founder of New York's Squat Theatre where he wrote, acted, and directed L-Train to Eldorado and Full Moon Killer.

Life[edit]

Istvan Balint was the son of poet and artist Endre Balint.[2] Balint was the founding member of a theater group called the Squat Theater, who performed in the living room of a house after being denied a public broadcast license by the communist regime of Hungary.[2] The group grew into a collective that became well-known to younger artists throughout Budapest for trying to invent a new type of avant-garde production. In 1976, Balint, along with a number of other artists in the collective, toured theater festivals throughout Europe with the troupe, before relocating to New York City in mid-1977, where he changed his name to Stephan. The troupe finally settled in a theater in Chelsea, Manhattan where they became famous throughout the late 1970s and 1980s.[2]

Among the plays Balint co-wrote, co-directed, and performed in were Pig! Child! Fire!, Andy Warhol's Last Love, and Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free.[3]

He also acted in several films, including Hunter, directed by Robert Frank, written by himself; American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy in 1989; and The Golden Boat in 1990.[2]

Balint returned to Budapest in the early 1990s, continuing his work until the start of his long illness in 2002, dying in 2007 of pneumonia.[1] He was survived by his daughter Eszter Balint, his son Gaspar Balint who lives in Budapest, and his grandson August Balint DuClos, who lives in New York.[2]

Plays[edit]

Films[edit]

  • 1975 Minotaur in a Sand Mine 20 minutes, B&W, 16mm. Budapest, Biennale de Paris.
  • 1975 Don Juan von Leporello. 60 minutes, B&W, 16mm Budapest, Düsseldorf.
  • 1977 Pig, Child, Fire! 1981, 60 min, color, sound, 16mm[15]
  • 1978 Andy Warhol's Last Love, An Imperial Message, 2nd part of play. 1978-81, 60 min, b&w and color, sound, 16mm. Directed by Balint and Péter Halász, Performance Camera: Larry Solomon. 'An Imperial Message' camera: Michel Auder. Michael Mooser, cinematography. Editor: Roughcut Studio. Music: Blondie (band), Kraftwerk. Appearance by Kathleen Kendel as the White Witch.[16]
  • 1981 Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free. 43 minutes, color, 16mm. Part of the play Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free exhibited separately, Hamburg, Abaton Cinema, Berlin. Künstlerhaus; Yale University. Directed by Balint and Halász. Péter Halász, cinematography.[17]
  • 1982 A Matter of Facts 1982 by Eric Mitchell w/ Squat Theatre (Archival) 17 minutes, 45 seconds, color, 16mm. Starring Stephan Balint, Klara Palotai, Boris Major, Péter Halász, Peter Berg, Eric Daillie, Anna Koós, Eszter Balint, Vince Pomilio, Phillipe Pagasky and Arto Lindsay. Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free. courtesy of Squat Theatre.
  • 1983 Tscherwonez. Directed by Gabor Altorjay. With Stephan Balint, Peter (Breznyik) Berg, Péter Halász and Eva Buchmuller of Squat Theatre.[18][19]
  • 1985 Let Me Love You, 36 minutes, B&W, 16mm. Part of the play Dreamland Burns exhibited at Montreal, International Festival of New Cinema & Video. (Festival du nouveau cinéma). With Shirley Clarke, Richard Leacock and August Darnell. Directed by Stephan Balint.
  • 1985 American Stories, Food, Family and Philosophy (French: Histoires d'Amérique) is a 1989 Belgian drama film directed by Chantal Akerman. It was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.[20] The film deals with Jewish identity in the center of the U.S.A. Eszter Balint also acted in the film.
  • 1989 Hunter Directed by Robert Frank. Written by Stephan Balint. Cast, Stephan Balint and Gunter Burchert.
  • 1989 Day One Directed by Joseph Sargent. Writers: Peter Wyden (book), David W. Rintels (teleplay).
  • 1990 The Golden Boat Written and Directed by Raúl Ruiz.

Publication[edit]

  • Manifesto. by István Bálint on behalf of studio kassak and published in Schmuck, Hungary, March/April 1973 issue.[21][22]
  • New Observations. Guest Editors Eva Buchmuller and Stephan Balint. Copyright 1986, New Observations Ltd. and the authors, all rights reserved. ISSN 0737-5387[23]

Awards[edit]

  • 1978 – Obie Award, for outstanding achievement for Pig, Child, Fire
  • 1979 – Grand Prix at BITEF, Belgrade International Theatre Festival, Belgrade
  • 1979 – Best Foreign Theatre Performance of the Year, Italian Critics Award for Andy Warhol's Last Love
  • 1981 – Best American Play–Obie Award for Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free[2]
  • 1983 – Special Obie Award, Grand Prize
  • 1985 – Star of the Week by Hamburger Abendblatt for Dreamland Burns
  • 1989 – New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (NYFA) to writer director Balint and set designer Eva Buchmuller

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Cohen, Patricia. "Stephan Balint, 64, a Founder of the Squat Theater, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Stephan Balint, Influential Hungarian Playwright, Actor, Director and Poet, Is Dead at 64". The New York Theatre Wire. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  3. ^ "Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free". Electronic Arts Intermix. Electronic Arts Intermix. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. ^ Stirritt, David (December 3, 1980). "Three sisters Play by Anton Chekhov. Produced and performed by Squat Theater". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  5. ^ Rich, Frank. "SQUAT'S 'THREE SISTERS'". Squat Theatre. The New York Times. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  6. ^ Buchmuller, Koós. Squat Theatre. Artist Space, 1996, p.40-41.
  7. ^ "Stage: Squat Abuses West 23rd Street". The New York Times. November 17, 1977. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  8. ^ Buchmuller, Koós. Squat Theatre. Artist Space, 1996, p.51-99.
  9. ^ "Squat Theatre and Crisis". Conditions of Poetic Production and Reception. 2010. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  10. ^ Shank, Theodore (1978). "Squat Theatre". Performing Arts Journal. Vol. 3, no. 2. pp. 61–69. JSTOR 3245202.
  11. ^ Buchmuller, Koós. Squat Theatre. Artist Space, 1996, p.105-153.
  12. ^ BROMBERG, CRAIG (May 4, 1986). "Squat Theatre--hungarians Take A Stance On America". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  13. ^ Gussow, Mel (1956). "STAGE: SQUAT THEATER'S 'DREAMLAND BURNS'". New York Times.
  14. ^ Christiansen, Richard (May 16, 1986). "Squat Theatre Bends Limits Of Stagecraft". Chicago Tribune.
  15. ^ "Pig, Child, Fire!". Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  16. ^ "Andy Warhol's Last Love". Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  17. ^ "Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free". Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  18. ^ "Tscherwonez". Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  19. ^ "Tscherwonez". Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  20. ^ "Berlinale: 1989 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
  21. ^ "Schmuck". Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  22. ^ István Bálint, "Manifesto", Written in the name of "studio-kassak", Budapest, April, 1972_Buchmuller, Koós. Squat Theatre. Artist Space, 1996, p.12.
  23. ^ Buchmuller, Balint (October 8, 1986). "Squat Theatre" (PDF). New Observations. Retrieved July 19, 2018.

External links[edit]

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