András Kepes Explained

András Kepes
Birth Date:11 October 1948
Birth Place:Budapest, Hungary
Nationality:Hungarian

András Kepes (born October 11, 1948) is a Hungarian author, television host, documentary filmmaker and academic. He is Professor of film and media and Chair of the Council of Arts of the Budapest Metropolitan University (METU).[1]

Life

András Kepes was born in Budapest, Hungary, and grew up in his native city, as well as in Beirut and Buenos Aires, where his father, Imre Kepes was stationed as a diplomat. He lives in Budapest with his wife, Mária Dettai. He has six children: Júlia (b. 1974), Borbála (b. 1975), Rozália (b. 1990), Kata (b. 1998), Lujza (b. 2005), and Lukács (b. 2011).[2] [3]

Education

Educated in Hungary, Lebanon, Argentina and the U.S. he earned and MA in literature and aesthetics from Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Doctor of Liberal Arts (equivalent of PhD.) and Dr. habil. of film and video from the University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest. He was a John S. Knight Fellow Fellow at Stanford University and a Fulbright Scholar at New York University (NYU).[4] [5]

Career

As a senior producer and host of the most popular Hungarian TV channels Kepes has produced cultural programs and documentaries in Hungary as well as in more than 40 countries around the world. In them, he has covered a wild range of topics including the most important International film festivals, the Nobel Prize ceremonies, the life of native people in the Andes, in the Canadian Rockies, in the rainforest of the Amazons and in the deserts of Asia, the coexistence of cultural minorities in Africa, the Chinese culture after the cataclysmic political changes, modernism and traditions in Kuwait and Japan, the Tibetan culture in the Himalayas, Yugoslavia during the war, American cinema and Latin-American literature. To mention but a few guest actors and directors of his shows: Woody Allen, Lindsey Anderson, Peter Brook, Glenn Close, Federico Fellini, Elia Kazan, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais, Yves Montand, Fernando Rey, Martin Scorsese, Donald Sutherland, Billy Wilder; musicians: Dave Brubeck, Donovan, Steve Reich; writers: Alejo Carpentier, Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, Octavio Paz, Juan Rulfo, Mario Vargas Llosa; visual artists: André Kertész, Antoni Tapies, Alexandre Trauner, and even the Dalai Lama. As a visiting lecturer and later as a professor in film and media studies he has taught at various universities. From 2008 he is Professor of film and media at the Budapest Metropolitan University. Between 2010 and 2014 he was Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Arts of this university. Since 2008 the main focus of his career has been writing.[6] [7]

Books

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Board and committee memberships

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Institute of Communication Studies - Budapest Metropolitan University. Art.metropolitan.hu. 10 July 2018.
  2. Web site: A legtöbb örömet a gyerekeim jelentik. 5 October 2011. Nlcafe.hu. 10 July 2018.
  3. Web site: "Már tudunk egy jót veszekedni" – Dettai Mária Kepes Andrásról - Nők Lapja. 4 December 2015. Noklapja.nlcafe.hu. 10 July 2018.
  4. Web site: Fulbright Hungary and Budapest Metropolitan University sign agreement to bring more English Teaching Assistants (ETA) to Hungary. Fulbright Hungary. 10 July 2018.
  5. Web site: Class of 1986. Fulbright.hu. 10 July 2018.
  6. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-04-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180412001337/http://art.metropolitan.hu/programs/programs-in-hungarian/ba-programs-in-hungarian/visual-representation/film-and-media-specialist-specialization . 2018-04-12 . dead .
  7. http://metubudapest.hu/media/227/the-leadership-of-our-university.html
  8. https://thebookseat.be/kepes-andras_eBook
  9. https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=andrás+kepes&rh=n%3A266239%2Ck%3Aandrás+kepes
  10. Web site: Kepes András Honlapja. https://web.archive.org/web/20111022162318/http://kepes.hu/fooldal. dead. 22 October 2011. 22 October 2011. 10 July 2018.
  11. Web site: / books. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425062150/http://kepes.hu/books. dead. 25 April 2012. 25 April 2012. 10 July 2018.
  12. Book: Kepes, András . Könyv-jelző—Valogatasa A Magyar Novellairodalombol . Bookmark—Selection of classical Hungarian Writers. 2001. 963-530-517-6.
  13. Book: Kepes, András. Kepes Krónika — történetek. Stories from My Life. 2000. 963-530-593-1.
  14. Web site: Aranykönyv: Ismeretterjesztő - Book24.hu könyváruház. Book24.hu. 10 July 2018.
  15. Web site: Aranykönyv 2011.. Puliwood.hu. 10 July 2018.

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