Zoltán Kamondi
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| Born |
6 April 1960 Budapest, Hungary |
| Died | 17 March 2016 (aged 55) |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, actor |
| Years active | 1987–2016 |
Zoltán Kamondi (6 April 1960 – 17 March 2016) was a Hungarian film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. He was born in 1960 in Budapest, Hungary.
After finishing his studies at the Faculty of Art, Kamondi earned a degree in film direction at the Academy of Drama and Film, where he graduated in 1988. He won many festival awards with his short films. Between 1986 and 1988, he was a member of the directors’ board of Balázs Béla Film Studio.
In 1989 he worked as a war correspondent for Japanese and French television and Radio Free Europe during the Romanian revolution. At the same time he worked with Károly Makk as script writer and co-director. His film Paths of Death and Angels was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2002 he started teaching at the Hungarian Film Academy. In 2003 he was awarded the Balázs Béla Prize.
In 1985 he directed the short feature film Kiki and the Males while at the Academy of Drama and Film. At the Berlin Short Film Festival, Germany, it won for Director. At the American Film Academy, Los Angeles it was nominated for “Student" Oscar. In 1990 he made his first film Paths of Death and Angels, which was screened in Cannes, Sélection Officielle “Un Certain Regard", and was invited to festivals in Moscow, Chicago, Tokyo, Ghent, Paris and Orleans. It won the Best Film Music Award in San Remo.
The Subconscious Station (1987–88) is an unfinished feature film, begun at BBS-FMS-Objektív Studio.
In 1999 his feature film The Alchemist and the Virgin was released. The film won the Independent Feature Award at the Manchester International Film Festival in the US. In Berlin at Prix Europe it placed fourth. It won the Critics’ Award for Cinematography and for the Leading Actress. It was invited to film festivals in Alexandria, Boston, Calcutta, Madrid, Dhaka, Vancouver and Porto.
In 2001 he made a 25-hour documentary about the life and work of the Hungarian poet György Petri, In Memoriam György Petri. The interview was held just before the poet’s death.
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