Louis C.K.

Louis Szekely (born September 12, 1967), known professionally as Louis C.K., is a stand-up comedian, television and film writer, actor, producer, and director from Washington, D.C.[5] He currently stars in the FX comedy series Louie, which he also writes, directs, and edits.

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László Almásy

László Ede Almásy de Zsadány et Törökszentmiklós (22 August 1895 – 22 March 1951) was a Hungarian aristocrat, motorist, desert researcher, aviator, Scout-leader and soldier who also served as the basis for the protagonist in Michael Ondaatje’s 1992 novel The English Patient and the movie based on it.

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Korda Filmpark

Korda Studios Hungary (in Hungarian: Korda Filmstúdió). is a new film studio complex 26 km west of Budapest in the wine-making village of Etyek; hence the media nickname Etyekwood. It is built on the site of a former barracks. with six studios. The studio is named after Sir Alexander Korda. There was a former Korda [...]

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Calvin Klein

Calvin Richard Klein (born November 19, 1942) is an American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc. in 1968. In addition to clothing, Klein has also given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and jewelry.

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Alexander Korda

Sir Alexander Korda (16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956) was a Hungarian-born British producer and film director. He was a leading figure in the British film industry, the founder of London Films and the owner of British Lion Films, a film distributing company.

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Rachel Weisz

Weisz was born in Westminster, London, England, and grew up in the Hampstead Garden Suburb. Her mother, Edith Ruth (née Teich), is a teacher turned psychotherapist who was born in Vienna, Austria. Her father, George Weisz, was a Hungarian-born inventor and engineer. Her parents fled to England during the Holocaust and Second World War. Her [...]

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Trafó

There is a tradition reaching back decades in Western Europe of erecting artistic centers and institutions in empty industrial buildings. The Trafó House of Contemporary Arts opened its doors in 1998 as the first of this kind in Hungary. Trafó is an institution, a building, a place, a medium, an intellectual adventure, a risk and [...]

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