Ibolya Fekete

Ibolya Fekete, (born 23 January 1951 in Pásztó), is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.

Biography
After completing her studies of Hungarian and Russian literature and linguistics at the Lajos Kossuth University in Debrecen (now part of the University of Debrecen) in 1976, Ibolya Fekete first worked as a screenwriter, amongst others for György Szomjas, before she also started to work as a dramaturge for Hunnia Filmstudio, one of the four Hungarian film studios joined under the common brand of Mafilm in 1990, she made her debut as director with documentary Berlin and Back.

Since 2003 teaching at the Budapest Filmacademy, she currently also works as a guest professor at the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She is also teaching film direction at Budapest Metropolitan University in Budapest.

Awards

 * 1996 ″Bolshe Vita“
 * 1997 Main Prize at the Angers European First Film Festival, France
 * 2001 ″Chico“
 * 2001 Ecumenical Award and Best Director Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
 * 2007 Special Jury Award during WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA