A bit longer about myself

I’m Patro. My name is Tamás Patrovits. I’m an animation film director, illustrator, caricaturist, the founder and chairman of the Manifeszt foundation and the chairman of ASIFA-Hungary.

I started to deal with animation at the end of eighties as a secondary school student, just at the time when the Hungarian animation filmmaking industry started collapsing. Whilst I was completing my studies at an art secondary school, Attila Dargay (a well known Hungarian animation film director) just advertised an animation film inbetweener course at the ”Pannonia” Film studio. He was looking for staff for his new film: “The Captain of the Forest”. So, a month after completion of my secondary education I had a job.

I was accepted to the Hungarian College of Craft and Design in 1987. At that time army service was still compulsory in Hungary, so I had to waste a year at the pleasure of the Hungarian People’s Army at Zalaegerszeg.

I completed my animation degree in 1993.

By the end of the 90`s Hungarian animation in general had become rather empty. It wasn’t only finance that was lacking, but also talent. This situation gave me the idea in 2005 to found “Manifeszt”, Professional and Interest Association of Hungarian Animation Film Makers. As being the editor of the Association’s homepage, I intend to present tough criticism of the Hungarian animation scene. This ideal also prevails in my professional work of making animation films, illustrating, and being a critic: expressing my opinion and trying to give new directions to the Hungarian animation.

In further details, with exact data:

Place and date of birth: Budapest, 7th May 1968

Education:

1994: Completion of degree. Title of my degree film: Picture creatures (“Képlények”)
1989-1993: Hungarian Academy of Craft and Design, Department of Visual Communication, specialisation in animation and video design
1983-1986: Fine and Applied Art Secondary School, Budapest, Department of Toy making and Graphic design

Scholarship:

1991: John Halas scholarship, Halas and Batchelor Studio, London

Work:

2008 May - July: member of Civilzugló Association, Guerrilla Commando Subway-painter
2008-2009: producing monthly animation films for my own column at “Hírszerző” news portal
2006-2008 September: Head of Animation Department, Novus Art Secondary School, Budapest
2005 onwards: invited jury member at international animation film festivals (Ljubljana, Seoul)
2005 August onwards: board member of ASIFA (Association International du Film d'Animation)
2005 May onwards: president of ASIFA (Association International du Film d'Animation) Hungary
2005 - 2008 : teaching at Novus Art Secondary School, Department of Animation
2004 July onwards: president of “Manifeszt”, Professional and Interest Association of Hungarian Animation Film Makers, editor and writer of the association’s homepage
2001 onwards: teaching at the entrance exam preparation course of Moholy-Nagy Art University (specialisation in media studies)
1996 onwards: manager of the company “Reanimation”
1994-2004: teaching at the “Talent” educational centre of “Pannóniafilm”
1988-1991: computer-graphic artist and animator at “Novotrade” software company
1986-1987: animation film inbetweener at “Pannóniafilm” studio (in the film: “The Captain of the Forest”)

Filmography (selection)

2009 "Service Before Sale" - Automotive Campaigns, USA
2009 "100 Hour Sale" - Automotive Campaigns, USA
2008 onwards: monthly animation films at “Hírszerző” news portal
2007 onwards: designing Flash animation series, developing mobile phone animation contents
2005 September – 2006 January: director of the cartoon series “Hungarikum”, (20x5 minutes, 80 minutes in total). This "Record of Hungary" was unique: there was 1 week to create each episode, from script writing to sound effects.
2003: designer and director of the animated short film: Beware, abstract! (Vigyázat absztrakt!)
1998: video-clip animator for Oxygene 8 commissioned by Jean-Michel Jarre.
1996: writer and animator of the animated short film: Swineherd dance (Kanásztánc)
1994: writer and animator of the animated short film: Picture creatures (Képlények).
1994 onwards: advertisement films, television title credits, inserts: Raid, Always, ARIFF, ”Repeta”, “Mikrokozmosz”, “Dili-buli”, “Globális lokális”...