Gábor Xantus

film director

Cluj-Napoca, 5 April 1954

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

Gábor Xantus was born in 1954 in Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca). He completed his secondary education there in 1973, after which he studied journalism at the University of Bucharest,

Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary

One of the four highest Hungarian state awards is the Hungarian Order of Merit, which is granted in various grades to individuals who perform exemplary activities in culture, science, art, or their own field, in order to advance Hungary’’s interests and promote universal human values.

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2001

governmental award

Award for Minorities

Awarded on Minority Day to domestic and foreign individuals or organizations who have performed outstanding work on behalf of minorities in public life, education, culture, church life, science, mass media, and economic self-organization.

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