András Demeter

Andras Demeter (Andras Istvan Demeter, Demeter Andras, Andrei Demeter) actor, stage-director, theatre & cultural manager. (From July 2010, President Director General of Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company.) Born as a love-child in Targu Mures (Romania). His mother died when he was only five years old, but thanks to his grandmother who brought him up, Andras Demeter has a really unique life and career. He graduated from the Targu-Mures University of Theatre in 1992 as a Hungarian actor, later completed his studies with a master's degree in the management of cultural enterprises from Ecumest, Dijon, France. At the age of 24 he was appointed Director General of the Hungarian State Theatre in Timisoara (Romania), becoming the youngest Manager Director of a public theatrical institution in European culture history, and the first in Romania to be appointed based on a selection of management projects. From 1993 to 2005, he turned a minority institution on the brink of closing into an internationally renowned theatre. He was even the founder and director of the 'Comedians' Feast' * Timisoara, which was one of the most important International Street-Theatre Festivals in Central Europe, from 1996 to 2002. As well-known actor, he has also a series of outstanding achievements. Demeter has performed during two consecutive theatrical seasons the part of Lojko Zobar both in Hungarian and Romanian (with inserts in Rromani), being also the co-author for the musical performance upon the cult film 'The Gipsy Camp Vanishes into the Blue'. The history of contemporary theatre mentions him as the only Romanian actor who took part in the opening performance at the inauguration of the new National Theatre of Hungary in Budapest. He had international success interpreting Alessandro de Medici in the 'French Hamlet' (Lorenzaccio by Musset) as well as Claudius in 'original' Hamlet. He has played Shakespeare's leading male roles in three different languages (Hungarian, Romanian, German), and even sings Friar Lorenzo in the musical adaptation upon Romeo and Juliet in the National Opereta Theatre's top success in Bucharest. He has appeared in numerous films, movies, Tv-series, sitcoms in Romania and Hungary.