Anthony Fabian is a BritishSound On Sight 3 November 2009: ''Interview with Director Anthony Fabian''
Retrieved 2011-10-09 producer, writer and director of feature films, shorts, documentaries, and classical music programmes made through his company, Elysian Films. He is the director of ''

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'' starring

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and

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, released in the US by

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in July 2022 and by

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in the rest of the world later in the year. His first feature film, ''

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'', won 22 international awards. His feature documentary, ''Good Hope'', about the past, present and potential future of South Africa, was released in 2020. He has also worked as

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on a number of feature films, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Schubert'' and ''

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''.

Career

2020 saw the release of Fabian's feature-length documentary ''Good Hope'', exploring the current socio-political landscape of South Africa through the eyes of the post-

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generation. His next feature film, based on

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's ''

'', went into production in October 2020 and was released by Focus Features in 2022. It stars

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, Alba Baptista,

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and Rose Williams. Fabian, together with Keith Thompson, Carroll Cartwright and Olivia Hetreed, won best feature adaptation for their work on ''Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris'' at the 2022

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Personal life

Fabian grew up in Mexico City, Paris, Los Angeles and the UK, before settling in London. Fabian was the civil partner of

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until shortly before Hogwood died in 2014. He is of Hungarian origin on his mother's side and also holds Hungarian citizenship.https://hvg.hu/elet/20230304_Magyar_allampolgarsagu_az_egyik_Oscareselyes_film_rendezoje

Filmography

Short films

Feature film

Documentary works

References

External links

*
Anthony Fabian biography at the Elysian Films website
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