Péter Forgács

Péter FORGÁCS (1950, Hungary) attended art academy in Budapest and has made more than 30 video films since 1978. His works have been exhibited worldwide but he is best known for his Private Hungary series of award-winning films based on home movies from the 1930s and 1960s.


Filmography

I See That I Look (1978), Golden Age (1985), Iron Age (1985), Spinoza Rückwerz (1985), The Portrait of Leopold Szondi (1986), Episodes from the Life of Professor F.M. (1987), The Bartos Family: Private Hungary 1 (1988), Dusi & Jenö: Private Hungary 2 (1989), Either - Or: Private Hungary 3 (1989), The Diary of Mr. N: Private Hungary 4 (1990), Márai: Herbal (1991), D-Film: Private Hungary 5 (1991), Photographed by László Dudás: Private Hungary 6 (1991), Arizona Diary (1992), Wittgenstein Tractatus (1992), Bourgeoisie Dictionary: Private Hungary 7 (1992), Culture Shavings (1993), Domweg gelukkig/Simply Happy (1994), Conversations on Psychoanalysis (1993), The Notes of a Lady: Private Hungary 8 (1994), Meanwhile Somewhere 1940-43... (1994), The Land of Nothing: Private Hungary 9 (1996), Pauer Pseudo (1996), Free Fall: Private Hungary 10 (1996), Class Lot: Private Hungary 11 (1997), Kádár’s Kiss: Private Hungary 12 (1997), The Maelstrom: A Family Chronic (1997), The Danube Exodus (1998), Angelo’s Film (1999), A Bibó Reader: Private Hungary 13 (2001), The Bishop’s Garden: Private Hungary 14 (2002), Do You Really Love Me? (2003), Mutual Analysis (2004), El Perro Negro: Stories from the Spanish Civil War (2005), Miss Universe 1929: Lisl Goldarbeiter, a Queen in Wien (2006), Sajat halal/Own Death (2007)