Gábor Forgács

Gabor N. Forgacs graduated from the Hungarian Film & TV School at MAFILM (OPAKFI), in Budapest. Than continued his education in the American Film Institute (AFI) in Los Angeles, California, where he had a chance to studied from some of the biggest legends like Billy Williams and Dean Cundey. At the beginning of his career N. Forgacs was contracted by several international TV channel CNN, ORF, ProSieben, Sat for war reporting. Many documentaries marked his name in the early 90's, especially the ones filmed in politically conflicted situations, such as John Bosco's Rwanda, filmed during the Civil war, or the Fish called Adolf, filmed during the the breakup of Yugoslavia. His approach to details and relevance is coming from this period which accompanies all his films. He won his first award at the 1993 Normende Commercial Film Tender. Attributing much of his collaborative experiences, to his education at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, from 1999 he has actively worked in var