Katalin Petényi

film director, screenwriter, art historian

Budapest, 12 March 1941

Full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2023–)

She grew up in Budapest in a multi-generational family of intellectuals, in modest financial circumstances, but with lots of love. One can imagine how the closeness of a great-

Meritorious Artist of Hungary

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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2015

governmental 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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