Péter Forgács

Peter Forgacs (b. 1950) independent filmmaker and media artist based in Budapest. His works have been exhibited world wide. Since 1978 he has made more than thirty films. He is best known for his "Private Hungary" series of award-winning films based on home movies from the 1920s and 1970s, which document ordinary lives that were soon to be ruptured by an extraordinary historical trauma that occurs off screen. In 1983, Forgacs established the Private Photo & Film Archives Foundation in Budapest, a unique collection of amateur film footage and has made this material the raw data for his unique re-orchestrations of history. He has received several international festival awards.