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Hungarian film director
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Gender
Female
Place of birth
Budapest, Hungary
Star sign
ScorpioAge
87 years
Education
University of Theatre and Film Arts
(1956-1960)
Awards
Kossuth Prize
(2008)
Balázs Béla award
(2006)
Master of Hungarian Motion Picture
(2009)
Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit
(2006)
Magyar filmkritikusok díja
(2018)
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Biography
Judit Elek (born 10 November 1937) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. She has directed 16 films between 1962 and 2006. Her film Mária-nap was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.
Controversy
For the purposes of the film Tutajosok (1990) 14 sheep were spread with a flammable substance, and then to the order of Judit Elek were burned alive. 69 scientists from the Jagiellonian University demanded that the authorities forbade Judit Elek entry to Poland. Scientists wrote among others: "No director knowing her own worth would debase herself for using so primitive and cruel methods".
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