Tamás Patrovits

Biography:

Tamás Patrovits is a Hungarian film director, graphic artist, and art teacher. He finished his studies at the Hungarian University of Arts and Design (now Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design) in 1994, at the faculty of animation and video. During his career, Tamás made independent, experimental animation shorts, hand-drawn and 2D computer animations, posters, illustrations, cartoons, and woodcuts based on numerous sketchbook drawings. Since 1995, he has taught animation and creative design thinking. He is the head of ASIFA Hungary (Association International du Film d’Animation – Hungarian Board) since 2005, joined MUOSZ (National Association of Hungarian Journalists) in 2014. He is the founder of the Faculty of Animation of Illyés Academy of Arts. He is the organizer of the International Day of Animation in Hungary from 2005 to 2012. He founded the Primanima World Festival of First Animations in 2012, and ever since he is the creative director of the event. He holds animation workshops regularly in Hungary and abroad as well (Filmtett workshop, LifeAd, Katowice/Poland, Nicosia/Cyprus, Peja/Kosovo, Dubai/Arab Emirates, USA – Hungarian House of New York, etc.) He received the “Sárga Csikó” – “Yellow Colt” Award for his contribution to the careers of numerous Transylvanian filmmakers and animators. He is the founder, owner and director of Budaörs Animation and Creative Space – BABtér, which is a unique workshop with numerous animation and graphics equipment.