Péter Forgács
Hungarian filmmaker · Hungary · On the map · Directors · Born 1950 · age 76
'Péter Forgács Hungarian media artist and filmmaker. Best known for his "Private Hungary" series of award-winning films based on found-footage home movies from 1930s to the 1970s, which document ordinary lives that were soon to be ruptured by an extraordinary historical trauma that occurs off-screen.
Péter Forgács is read about 5 times a day, in 14 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 8 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 120 days, one point a day.
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2023
Bela Radics - The Cursed GuitaristFilm, Detective2022
Szájhős.tvFilm, Director2018
Picturesque EpochsFilm, Director, Writer2012
German Unity @ BalatonFilm, Director2009
Hunky BluesFilm, Director2008I am Von Höfler Variation on WertherFilm, Director2007Erasmus PrizeAwardMeritorius Artist of HungaryAward2006
El perro negroFilm, Director2001
Angelos' FilmFilm, Director1999Béla Balázs AwardAward1998
The Danube ExodusFilm, Director1997
The Maelstrom: A Family ChronicleFilm, Director1996A semmi országaFilm, Director1992
The Notebook of a LadyFilm, Director1989
Dusi & JenõFilm, Director1982
VíkendszerelemFilm1950Born10 September 1950
Bela Radics - The Cursed GuitaristFilm, Detective2022Szájhős.tvFilm, Director2018Picturesque EpochsFilm, Director, Writer2012German Unity @ BalatonFilm, Director2009Hunky BluesFilm, Director2008I am Von Höfler Variation on WertherFilm, Director2007Erasmus PrizeAwardMeritorius Artist of HungaryAward2006El perro negroFilm, Director2001Angelos' FilmFilm, Director1999Béla Balázs AwardAward1998The Danube ExodusFilm, Director1997The Maelstrom: A Family ChronicleFilm, Director1996A semmi országaFilm, Director1992The Notebook of a LadyFilm, Director1989Dusi & JenõFilm, Director1982VíkendszerelemFilm1950Born10 September 1950Also in Français
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About this person
Country
Hungary
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1950 · age 76
