Tibor Máthé

cinematographer
Budapest, 29 January 1943
Corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2019–2023)
Full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2023–)
“Andrei Tarkovsky wrote that ‘the cinematographer does not speak, but thinks’ – a principle the Balázs Béla and Kossuth Prize–winning Distinguished Artist considers essential as a
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Parallel Life Paths
2008governmental award

Kossuth Prize

The highest Hungarian state decoration for the cultivation and preservation of Hungarian culture.

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2001governmental award

Meritorious Artist of the Republic of Hungary

State award for artists who have long created outstanding artistic achievements in Hungarian national culture and in the fields of theatre, music, dance, circus arts, film, fine arts, photography, and applied arts, and who have already received an art award granted by the minister responsible for culture. The recipient is entitled to use the title “Meritorious Artist of Hungary” (short: “Meritorious Artist”).

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1990governmental award

Balázs Béla Award

The highest state professional award that can be granted by the Minister responsible for culture to filmmakers and television creators.

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