Gábor Forgács

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Biography

Gabor N. Forgacs graduated from the Hungarian Film & TV School at MAFILM . From 2003 he was more active in Hungary where he sets his company, the Parabel Filmstudio. He took part in creating the concept of the new Hungarian Film Law. In 2004, he was representing Hungary at the Cannes Film Festival with European Film Promotion "Producers on the Move". In 2006 he provided production services for a German production Eichmann, directed by Robert Young. In 2007 he worked for the UK/US production film The Nutcracker in 3D, directed by Andrey Konchalovskiy, starring Elle Fanning, John Turturro and Nathan Lane. N. Forgacs started to make a film adaptation for Andrew Cooper's novel, The House of Storm in 2010. In 2011 he completed a documentary on the intoxicating Hungarian history about Countess Elizabeth Bathory, which was based on his historical research for his upcoming feature film, The Beauty Never Dies. In 2012 N. Forgacs began to work on a film adaptation of a fascinating project, The Great Khmer Empire, a historical adventure film much anticipated by the whole world. He completed the animated version for the storyboard in 2013. His latest feature film, The Butterflies, took him almost five years to complete. He turned the original idea into one of the most cultural shocking psychodrama. The film was released in summer 2013, at the Moscow International Film Festival and other international sites.

  • Primary profession
  • Director·producer·camera_department
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 30 December 1947
  • Place of birth
  • Budapest

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