András Kovács
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András Kovács (born June 20, 1925 in Kide, Cluj County , Romania ; † March 11, 2017 in Budapest ) was a Romanian - Hungarian film director and screenwriter .
biography
Kovács first studied psychology , sociology and aesthetics at the Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj and from 1946 in the directing class of the Budapest Academy of Drama and Film , where he later worked as a university lecturer.
Kovács was invited as a member of the jury to the 5th Moscow International Film Festival, and to the Cannes International Film Festival in 1967 and 1976 . The events surrounding the massacre in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, of 1942 were processed by András Kovács in 1966 in the film Cold Days (Hungarian: original title Hideg napok) based on the novel by Tibor Cseres. He headed the Budapest film studio from 1951 to 1957. In the mid-1980s he was chairman of the Association of Hungarian Film and TV Artists.
Several of his films were shown at the Moscow International Film Festival :
- 1968 The Lost Generation
- 1981 Temporary Paradise , which was awarded the Silver Prize
- 1985 The Red Countess
For the film A ménesgazda from 1978 he was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1979 .
The 1976 film Labirintus / Labyrinth was shown at documenta 6 in Kassel .
literature
- The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945, Authors: Mira Liehm, Antoni J. Liem, 1980
- Catalog for documenta 6: Volume 2: Photography, film, video; Kassel 1977 page 217 ISBN 3-920453-00-X
Web links
- András Kovács in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kovács, András |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian-Hungarian film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kide, Cluj County , Romania |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 2017 |
| Place of death | Budapest |