BIO

Born in 1964, in Budapesten.
Freelance director - producer - writer - actor - and entrepreneur.
Father of three children.
Child actor from the age of 6 to 13
he has appeared in various theatre and television productions.
(Listen up, kids! – Comedy Stage; Enemy of the people – Katona József Theater;
The dog whose name was Mr Bozzi – Operett Teater; Kabaré utca – National TV; etc.)

STUDIES

1978 – 1982 Madách High School intensive English course
1983 – 1988 Academy of Theater & Film Arts – stage and opera director
1983 – 1988 Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music

COURSE & PRACTICE

1985 – Verdi: Falstaff (tv opera) assistant to the director
1986 – Shakespeare: IV. Henrik (National Theater) assistant to the director
1986 – Baltimore, Theater of Nations – American Musical Theater ITI scholarship
1986 – Attending the London premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's
Phantom of the Opera, at the invitation of Cameron Mackintosh,
alongside director Harold Prince.

THEATER

Óbuda Festivities
1984 – Main square (director)
Bibbione • Milne-Gesztesi-Philip:
Calandria • Winnie the Pooh • Tabarin

Puccini:
Gianni Schicchi
1985 – Ódry Stage (director)

Coleman-Fields-Neil Simon-Bob Fosse:
Sweet Charity
1986 – Ódry Stage (director, translator)

Thomas – Aldobolyi – Szenes:
Charley’ Aunt
1988 – Gárdonyi Theater - Eger (director)

Puccini:
Play back Schicchi
1989 – Bologna Festival Teatro e Universitá (director)

J.Strauss - Romhányi:
One night in Venice
1989 – Open Air Stage – Miskolc (director)

Freed-Green-Comden-Brown:
Singin’ in the rain
1990 – Operetta Theater (director, adaptor)

Kalmár-Mikó:
Mikó’ the phantom?
1991 – Thália Theater (director, editor)

Stephen Sondheim:
Sweeney Todd
1992 – Erkel Theater - Rock Theater (director-producer)

Stephen Swartz:
Pippin
1994 – Móricz Zsigmond Theater – Nyíregyháza (director, adaptor)

Fodor-Lakatos-Fekete-Verebes-Kalmár:
Bank on it!
1995 – Móricz Zsigmond Theater – Nyíregyháza (director, adaptor)

Puccini:
Gianni Schicchi
1996 – Hungarian State Opera (director)

Operetta Theatre director tender – 2000

Fényes-G.Dénes-Békefi:
The dog whose name was Mr Bozzi
2001 – Budapest Operetta Theater (director)

SHOW

Kalmár-Juhász-Kállai:
Revue Deja Vu
2000 – Moulin Rouge (author, director, producer)

Kalmár-Fekete-Kovács:
Machow Swing
2011 – SPARK cool • tour • house (producer-director)

Kalmár:
Just a Gigolo
2024 – Jurányi (author-performer-director-producer)

TV / FILM

Class reunion (docu-portrait)
1981 – MTV FMS (reporter-director)

MTV New Years Eve (show)
1990 – MTV (director of the Operetta Theater show)

Paudits show
1991 – MTV (director)

Revue Deja Vue (New Years Eve show)
2001 – RTL Klub, MTV m1 & m2 (director-producer)

Piano Playing Peter Howard (portrait)
2003 – MTV (editor-director)

King of Broadway (Hal Prince portrait)
2006 – MTV (producer-director)

Stories from Budapest (magazine)
2009 – (producer-director)

ROLES

Hasek: Svejk (dir: Dezső Kapás)
1998 Ódry Stage – Role: prison director

Karinthy: That's how you write (dir: Tamás Zilahy)
– 1996 (MTV, actor, role: Karinthy)

HitSongsTv
– 2000 (MTV)

„1” (dir: Pater Sparrow)
– 2009 (FILM, actor, role: behavioural scientist)

Just a Gigolo
2024 – Jurányi (performer)

MISCELLANEOUS

Revitalisation of Moulin Rouge Budapest
– 1998-2001 (owner & art director)

Stage Door (2003-2005)
– gift shop of theatre and film relics (owner)

Spike Hall (2006-2008)
– development concept, by MNV Zrt.
Atlantis Congress & Events Hall
(suspended project...)

SPARK cool • tour • house
– 2010-2011 (CEO & art director)

STARTUP BUSINESSES

ADVERTISING / AGENCY

– 1995 - 2003-ig (creative and production)
EasyCall, Philips
Danubius
General Currency Bank
AcneStop, stb.

EVENTS:

Pannon GSM
Le Meridien Hotel grand opening
CocaCola Farewell party (Four Seasons)
Day of Humour (2009-2016)

WRITINGS, TRANSLATIONS

Sweet Charity (musical)
– 1986 (script translator)
Singin’ in the rain
– 1989 (adaptor)
Mr. Producer (theatrical handbook)
– 1993 (co-author & publisher)
Letter to my sponsor friend (Creative)
– 1996 (author)
Victor / Victoria (musical)
– 1999 (translator)
Articles to Premier Magazine
– 2001-2005
Closing Hours
libretto