Mihály Morell

filmmaker

Sombor, 27 December 1911 – Budapest, 2 June 2013

Full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2011–2013)

Mihály Morell was a sculptor whose career followed an unconventional trajectory. After completing his studies at the Budapest Academy in the 1930s [the Hungarian Royal Academy

Outstanding Artist of the Republic of Hungary

One of the most prestigious Hungarian state awards for the arts. The recipient is entitled to use the title “Outstanding Artist of Hungary” (short: “Outstanding Artist”). Only those who already hold the Meritorious Artist award and have held it for at least five years are eligible.

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1991

governmental award

Order of the Star of the Republic of Hungary

It was a high-ranking state decoration, the successor to the Order of the Star of the Hungarian People’s Republic, and it was discontinued in 1991.

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1978

governmental award

Meritorious Artist of the Hungarian People’s Republic

State award for artists who have created outstanding artistic values over a prolonged period in Hungarian national culture and artistic fields (theatre, music, dance, circus, film, visual, photography, applied arts), and who already hold an artistic award granted by the minister responsible for culture. The recipient is entitled to the title “Meritorious Artist of Hungary” (short: “Meritorious Artist”).

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