Yvette Biro
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Yvette Biro Ph.D. - Essayist, Screen-writer, and Professor Emeritus at New York University Graduate Film School (NYU).
Her early books on the aesthetics of film were first published in her native Hungary, which became handbooks for film-schools in the country. Meanwhile she worked on a dozen of prizewinning films with noted directors (Miklos Jancso
, Zoltan Fabri
, Karoly Makk). She was both the founder and the Editor-in-Chief of Filmkultura, the magazine of the democratic opposition.
In the mid 1970s, she was “offered” the chance to emigrate by the Hungarian authorities. After teaching at the Sorbonne in Paris, she moved to the USA to teach at the Universities of Berkeley and Stanford
, California.
In 1982 she was hired as a professor then became Full Professor on the faculty of the Tisch School of the Arts (Film and TV Graduate Division) at NYU where she worked until her retirement in 2007. During these years, she was often invited as Visiting Professor to various universities, for instance the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, the Sorbonne in Paris, FEMIS in Paris, Centro Sperimentale in Rome, the University of Hong Kong, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Rai University in New Delhi.
She regularly held workshops and master-classes in screen-writing in Bombay, Budapest, the Dominican Republic, Harare (Zimbabwe), Havanna (Cuba), Istanbul, Ljubljana, Jyvaskyle (Finland), Prague, Sarajevo, Tokyo, Toronto, Zagreb, etc.
She has written books on film which have been translated into several languages. Her numerous essays have been published in professional magazines internationally – Film Quarterly
, Etudes Cinematographiques, Performing Arts Journal, Bianco & Nero, Dædalus
, Millennium, Village Voice, etc., on online magazines such as Rouge and the Unspoken Journal.
Her latest book, Turbulence and Flow in Film was published by Indiana University Press
in 2008.
It has taken close to twenty years for her to return to film production. Although her script Arrivals and Departures (1995) won the European Script Fund Award, the film has never been made.
Her recent scripts have been produced by various European co-production companies: The Stone Raft
(2003), Johanna
(2006), Delta (FIPRESCI Prize in Cannes 2008) and
Tender Son
(2010).
She cowrote with Kornel Mundruczo
a play, Judasevangelium which opened at the Hamburg Thalia Theatre in September 2009 and another stage production The Frankenstein Project toured to various European theatres in Brussels, Paris, Vienna etc., during 2007/2008.
After spending more than 25 years in New York, she has now re-established herself in Paris.
Her early books on the aesthetics of film were first published in her native Hungary, which became handbooks for film-schools in the country. Meanwhile she worked on a dozen of prizewinning films with noted directors (Miklos Jancso
Miklós Jancsó
Miklós Jancsó is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.Jancsó achieved international prominence from the mid-1960s onwards, with works including The Round Up , The Red and the White and Red Psalm .Jancsó's films are characterized by visual stylization,...
, Zoltan Fabri
Zoltán Fábri
Zoltán Fábri was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His films The Boys of Paul Street and Hungarians were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film....
, Karoly Makk). She was both the founder and the Editor-in-Chief of Filmkultura, the magazine of the democratic opposition.
In the mid 1970s, she was “offered” the chance to emigrate by the Hungarian authorities. After teaching at the Sorbonne in Paris, she moved to the USA to teach at the Universities of Berkeley and Stanford
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, California.
In 1982 she was hired as a professor then became Full Professor on the faculty of the Tisch School of the Arts (Film and TV Graduate Division) at NYU where she worked until her retirement in 2007. During these years, she was often invited as Visiting Professor to various universities, for instance the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, the Sorbonne in Paris, FEMIS in Paris, Centro Sperimentale in Rome, the University of Hong Kong, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Rai University in New Delhi.
She regularly held workshops and master-classes in screen-writing in Bombay, Budapest, the Dominican Republic, Harare (Zimbabwe), Havanna (Cuba), Istanbul, Ljubljana, Jyvaskyle (Finland), Prague, Sarajevo, Tokyo, Toronto, Zagreb, etc.
She has written books on film which have been translated into several languages. Her numerous essays have been published in professional magazines internationally – Film Quarterly
Film Quarterly
Film Quarterly is a film journal published by University of California Press, in Berkeley, California, United States. It was first published in 1945 as Hollywood Quarterly, was renamed The Quarterly of Film Radio and Television in 1951, and received its current title in 1958...
, Etudes Cinematographiques, Performing Arts Journal, Bianco & Nero, Dædalus
Daedalus (journal)
Dædalus is a peer-reviewed academic journal founded in 1955 as the Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. It is published by MIT Press on behalf of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Each issue addresses a theme with essays on the arts, sciences, and humanities. Special...
, Millennium, Village Voice, etc., on online magazines such as Rouge and the Unspoken Journal.
Her latest book, Turbulence and Flow in Film was published by Indiana University Press
Indiana University Press
Indiana University Press, also known as IU Press, is an academic publisher at Indiana University that specializes in the humanities and social sciences. It was founded in 1950. Its headquarters are located in Bloomington, Indiana....
in 2008.
It has taken close to twenty years for her to return to film production. Although her script Arrivals and Departures (1995) won the European Script Fund Award, the film has never been made.
Her recent scripts have been produced by various European co-production companies: The Stone Raft
The Stone Raft
The Stone Raft is a novel by Nobel Prize in Literature-winning Portuguese writer José Saramago. It first appeared in Portuguese in 1986, and was translated into English in 1994...
(2003), Johanna
Johanna (film)
Johanna is a 2005 Hungarian musical film directed by Kornél Mundruczó. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival....
(2006), Delta (FIPRESCI Prize in Cannes 2008) and
Tender Son
Tender Son – The Frankenstein Project
Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project is a 2010 Hungarian film written and directed by Kornél Mundruczó, developed from his own theatrical play and loosely based on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein...
(2010).
She cowrote with Kornel Mundruczo
Kornél Mundruczó
Kornél Mundruczó is a Hungarian actor, film director and screenwriter. He has directed 15 short and feature films since 1998. His film Johanna was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival....
a play, Judasevangelium which opened at the Hamburg Thalia Theatre in September 2009 and another stage production The Frankenstein Project toured to various European theatres in Brussels, Paris, Vienna etc., during 2007/2008.
After spending more than 25 years in New York, she has now re-established herself in Paris.