Gabor Fabricius
Gábor Fabricus (born October 25, 1975) is in the Hungarian advertising and media industry, a filmmaker and cultural lobbyist. He is the co-founder and creative director of Republic Group Ltd., one of Hungary’s advertisement and production companies.
Biography
Fabricius was born in Budapest, Hungary. Following a passion for visual art and music, Fabricius started his career as the keyboardist and VJ for various bands before he turned towards the media. He is a graduate of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Designin Budapest and Central Saint Martins College in London. His professors included Mike Figgis, Andy Haslam and Patricia Austin.
Ambitious to establish a stance in the a cultural and artistic scene in Central Europe, Fabricius focused on social awareness and civil campaigns, affiliating with commercials, music videos, short features, printed press, web 2.0 projects, and other cinematic, musical and multimedia initiatives. Among these were Live, the widely popular Sziget Festival documentary, Ittvan.org, the non-profit foundation raising national identity and awareness, and Alter & Kiss, the recently re-launched Central European fashion label.
Since 2007, Fabricius has been a professor in Media Theory, Trends, and Visual Communication at WERK Akademia in Budapest.
Accolades
- In 2000, Fabricius won a Gold Media Lion in Cannes for his film Dance.
- In 2008, Fabricius received a special award for multicultural achievement from the British Council.
Published works
In April 2009, Fabricius published his first novel Puha Neon Fejlövés (Soft Neon Headshots), which deals with many issues and personal questions he has been confronted with in the world of power and fame during his past 10 years. The book tells the story of a newborn-yet-collapsing Eastern European capitalism.