Gábor Bódy

Gábor Bódy was born in Budapest on 30 August 1946. He studied history and philosophy at the University of Budapest, joined the Béla Balázs Studio even before graduating, then attended the Academy of Theatre and Film from 1971 to 1975. A theorist as much as a filmmaker, he made three feature films and became one of the European pioneers of video art, with the first international video magazine. He died in Budapest on 24 October 1985, aged thirty-nine: the official version concluded suicide, his widow suggested murder. It later emerged that he had informed for the political police.

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• CinemaAmerican TorsoAmerikai anzixGábor Bódy · 1975Cinema