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name: "Gábor Medvigy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gabor-medvigy"
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imdb_id: "nm0575973"
tmdb_id: 1086291
wikidata_id: "Q1175363"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "18 May 1957"
died: "27 August 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T02:25:17.377948+00:00"
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# Gábor Medvigy

## Identity

Gábor Medvigy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gabor-medvigy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gabor-medvigy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0575973
- **TMDB ID:** 1086291
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1175363
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1175363, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0575973/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1086291

Cinematographer. Born 18 May 1957 in Budapest, Hungary. Died 27 August 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 18 May 1957, Budapest, Hungary
- **Died:** 27 August 2023
- **Also known as:** Gabor Medvigy
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1175363, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0575973/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1086291

## Biography

Gábor Medvigy was a Hungarian cinematographer. Born in Budapest in 1957, he trained at the Színház- és Filmművészeti Főiskola, graduating in 1986 from Lajos Koltai’s class. He began working in film after passing his photographer’s examination in 1979 and joining Mafilm.

Medvigy is known for his work with director Béla Tarr on *Damnation* (1988), *Satantango* (1994) and *Werckmeister Harmonies* (2000). He also photographed films by Zoltán Kamondi, Attila Janisch, Károly Makk and András Jeles. He was a founder of the Hungarian Society of Cinematographers and received the Balázs Béla Prize in 1992, the Hungarian Film Critics’ Prize on four occasions, and the title of Meritorious Artist in 2009. In later years he taught at the Budapest Metropolitan University and other institutions. He died in 2023.

*Sources: imdb.com, hu.wikipedia.org, 24.hu.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Satantango* (1994), Fi1m 84, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/satantango.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A kinematográfus* (2022), Director
- *Sinister Shadow* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Így, ahogy vagytok* (2010), Writer
- *Yantra* (2008), Camera Operator
- *Fragment* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Dolina* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Mansfeld* (2006), Director of Photography
- *After the Day Before* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Temptations* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Werckmeister Harmonies* (2001), Director of Photography
- *The Alchemist and the Virgin* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Long Twilight* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Arany nyugágy* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Satantango* (1994), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/satantango.md)
- *Shooting Gallery* (1990), Director of Photography
- *The Last Boat* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Damnation* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Pheasant Tomorrow* (1974), Actor

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- Meritorius Artist of Hungary 2009: Meritorius Artist of Hungary (won)
- Gundel Art Award 2001: Gundel Art Award (won)
- Béla Balázs Award 1992: Béla Balázs Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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