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.

In print I’ve already been called Patrovics, Petrovics, Petrovits, Petrasovits, Patrovitz, Patrovis and Patőfi, although none of these are correct, as my real name is Jevgenyij Patrov.

My favourite film directors are: Terry Gilliam, Federico Fellini, Bob Fosse, Jiri Menzel, Woody Allen, Chaplin, Hal Hartley, Jim Jarmush...
My favourite writers are: Sándor Szathmári, Aldous Huxley, Bohumil Hrabal, Charles Bukowski, Chaim Potok, Orhan Pamuk...
My favourite music is: Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker, David Byrne, Talking Heads, Medeski Martin & Wood, Madness, Specials, Les Claypool, United Future Organization, Messer Chups, Tom Waits, Kaláka, Tamás Cseh...
My favourite TV-series is: Monty Python's Flying Circus 1969-1974
My favourite foods are: avocado - cream, mozzarella- salad, fish soup of Baja
My favourite dog is: Melba
My favourite mother: my mother
My favourite father: my father
My favourite niece, computer brand, pillow, bicycle grip, lover…, well, this should be enough.