András Kepes

András Kepes (born October 11, 1948) Hungarian journalist, documentary filmmaker and author, has been one of the most prominent and popular TV personalities in Hungary for more than 30 years. A number of his books of nonfiction and fiction have been number one national bestsellers. He is University Professor and Dean of the Communication and Art Faculty of the Budapest College of Communication and Business.

András Kepes was born in Hungary, Budapest 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, professor of Italian language and literature. He has six children: Júlia (b. 1974), Borbála (b. 1975), Rozália (b. 1990), Kata (b. 1998), Lujza (b. 2005), Lukács (b. 2011). His paternal uncle was György Kepes painter, photographer, designer, educator, and art theorist, maternal uncle was József Braun footballer.

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

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 film festivals in Europe, the Nobel Prize ceremonies, the life of Indians in the rainforest of the Amazons and in the Canadian Rockies, the coexistence of cultural minorities in Africa, the Chinese culture after the cataclysmic political changes, modernism and traditions in Kuwait, Tibetan culture in the Himalayas, Yugoslavia during the war, American cinema and Latin-American literature. To mention but a few of the guests of his shows: Woody Allen, Elliot Aronson, Dave Brubeck, H.H. the Dalai Lama, Glenn Close, Julio Cortázar, Federico Fellini, Elia Kazan, André Kertész, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais, Yves Montand, Gabriel García Márquez, Octavio Paz, Fernando Rey, Donald Sutherland, Alexandre Trauner, Mario Vargas Llosa, Billy Wilder, Philip Zimbardo. 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 at the Budapest College of Communication and Business. From 2010 he is Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Arts.

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