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personal name is Gyöngyössy Bence. This article uses
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Bence Gyöngyössy (born 26 November 1963 in
Budapest
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) ''
Balázs Béla-díj'' winning
Hungarian film producer, film director,
cinematographer, screenwriter and actor.
Career
His parents were
Imre Gyöngyössy
Imre Gyöngyössy (25 February 1930 – 1 May 1994) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His film '' The Revolt of Job'' (1983), which he co-directed with Barna Kabay, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film ...
(1930–1994), ''Balázs Béla-díj'' winning film director, poet
and Katalin Petényi (1941 –),
art historian, film director, screenwriter and editor. He began his secondary school education at the ''Madách Imre Gimnázium'' in Budapest, where he attended from 1978 to 1980. In 1980 he moved with his parents to
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
, where he lived until 1997. He graduated from the American High School's
Geneva University's international baccalaureate of
Munich International School
Munich International School (MIS) is a private coeducational international school located in Starnberg, south of Munich, Germany. MIS teaches students from EC (Early Child - years 4-5) to grade 12. Students travel from an area around Munich to ...
.
From 1983 to 1988, he was a student of communication drama at the
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich''.'' From 1988 to 1994 he studied directing at the
University of Television and Film Munich (HFF).
Since 1983, he has been active in various film and television productions on all five continents. Over the years he has gained experience not only as a film director and scriptwriter, but also as a production manager, film producer and cinematographer.
From 1997 to 2001 he was Programme Director and
Member of the Board
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of
RTL Klub
RTL (formerly: RTL Klub) is a Hungarian free-to-air television channel owned by RTL Group. The channel began broadcasting three days after its main rival TV2, one of Hungary's first commercial TV channels.
History
Since its start, RTL Klub ...
, and from 2008 to 2009 he was Programme Director and Member of the Board of
TV2. He currently works as a film writer, director and producer in Budapest.
Filmography
Producer
* Száműzöttek (1991)
* Halál sekély vízben (1994)
* Ámbár tanár úr (1998)
* Barátok közt – tv sorozat (1998–2018)
* Hippolyt (1999)
* Meseautó (2000)
* Hal a tortán – tv sorozat (2008)
* Hitvallók és ügynökök (2009)
* Utolsó rapszódia (2011)
Director
* Idézet (1988)
* Az utolsó Volga német zenetanár (1989)
* A feltámadás lányai (1990)
* Magány (1992)
* Romani Kris – Cigánytörvény (1997)
* Egy szoknya, egy nadrág (2005)
* Egy bolond százat csinál (2006)
* Papírkutyák (2008)
* Utolsó rapszódia (2011)
* A tanyagondnok (2014)
* Janus (2015)
* A nemzet építésze (2015)
* Olasz – magyar örökség (2015)
* Cseppben az élet (2019)
* A feltaláló (2020)
Cinematographer
* Kulák volt az apám (2014)
* Örökség a jövőnek – Olasz-magyar kapcsolatok (2015)
Screenwriter
* Havasi selyemfiú (1978)
* Romani Kris – Cigánytörvény (1997)
* Papírkutyák (2008)
* Utolsó rapszódia (2011)
* Janus (2015)
* A Balaton hullámain
Actor
*
Richard III (1973)
Awards
* May Ophüls Prize nomination, Germany
* Golden Zenit Award for Best First Feature Film,
Montreal World Film Festival
The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Interna ...
(1997)
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*
Academy Award (Oscar), (Hungarian nomination) –
Best Foreign Language Film category
* International Film Festival, Tokyo
* Alexandria International Film Festival – Special Jury Prize
* Balázs Béla-díj (2019)
Bibliography
''MTI Who's Who 2009.'' Ed. Péter Hermann. Budapest: MTI. 2008.
ISBN 978-963-1787-283
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gyongyossy, Bence
1963 births
Hungarian film directors
Hungarian cinematographers
Hungarian film producers
Male screenwriters
20th-century Hungarian screenwriters
Hungarian male writers
Hungarian actors
Living people