András Kepes journalist 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 professor and Dean of the Communication and Art Faculty of the Budapest University College of Communication and Business.

Life

Andras Kepes was born in Hungary, Budapest and grew up in his native city, as well as in Beirut and Buenos Aires, where his father stationed as a diplomat. He lives in Budapest with his wife, Maria Dettai, professor of Italian language and literature. He has six children: Julia (b.1974), Borbála (b.1975), Rozália (b.1990), Kata (b.1998), Lujza (b.2005), Lukács (b.2011).

Education

Educated in Hungary, Lebanon, Argentina and the U.S. he earned and MA in literature and aesthetics form Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) and Doctor of Liberal Arts of film and video from the University of Drama and Film of Budapest. He was a John S. Knight Fellow

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at Stanford University and a Fulbright Scholar at New York University.

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 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, 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 University College of Communication and Business.

Books

• Tövispuszta (Thorn-desert) novel, 2011
• Matt a férfiaknak (Checkmate To Men), documentary novel, 2008
• Könyv-jelző (Bookmark), selection of 20th century World literature, 2002
• Könyv-jelző (Bookmark), selection of Contemporary Hungarian Writers, 2002
• Kepes Krónika - beszélgetések (My Interviews), 1999
• Szerencsés útjaim (My Fortunate Journeys), reports, 1986

Board and committee memberships

• 2010- Member of the Art Board of the Hungarian Accreditation Committee
• 2004-06 Member of the Art and Communication Board of the Hungarian Accreditation Committee
• 1999- Curator of the Joseph Pulitzer Memorial Prize Board
• 1995-97 Delegate of Hungary at the International Program for Development of Communication (IPDC) of UNESCO, Paris
• 1993-94 Curator of the Táncsics Prize Board
• 1990-94 Member of the Presidency of the Association of Hungarian Film and Television Artists
• 1990-94 Chairman of the Organization of Hungarian Television Journalists

Awards

• 2011 Prima Primissima Prize nominee
• 2005 Déri János Prize
• 1998 Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic
• 1997 Tolerance Award
• 1996 Opus Award
• 1995 Magyar Lajos Prize
• 1995 Press Box Award: Best Reporter
• 1994 Pulitzer Memorial Prize
• 1991 Táncsics Prize

External links

• András Kepes' Official Website