Hungarian cinematographer Sándor Kardos, Kossuth Prize winner and "nations artist," dies at 82
Sándor Kardos, a Kossuth Prize-winning Hungarian cinematographer, director and photographer, died on Sunday at 82, the Hungarian Academy of Arts announced. Kardos was a full member of the academy’s Film and Photography Section and was designated a “nation’s artist” in 2022.
He photographed more than 30 feature films and over 100 television and short films, including *A kis Valentinó*, *Álombrigád*, *A tanítványok*, *Eldorádó*, *Egészséges erotika*, *Glamour* and *Hídember*. He collaborated with directors such as András Jeles, Péter Tímár, György Molnár, Frigyes Gödrös and Géza Bereményi. After earning a degree in Hungarian and cultural studies from Eötvös Loránd University in 1969, he graduated as a cinematographer from the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts in 1973. He worked as an assistant cinematographer at MAFILM from 1972 to 1979, then joined Hungarian Television as a cinematographer and director.
Kardos was also a renowned photographer, founding the Hórusz Archive, Hungary’s largest private photo collection. He curated 17 exhibitions in Hungary and displayed his work abroad in Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Vienna, Lausanne, Amsterdam and Brussels between 1986 and 1997. His awards included the Hungarian Film Critics’ Prize in 1985, 2001 and 2006, the Film Week Award in 1986 and 2005, the MédiaWave Directing Special Prize in 1997, the Madrid Imagen Grand Prize in 2000, the International Feature Film Festival Portugal Directing Grand Prize in 2004 and the Berlin International Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize in 2011. He received the Eiben István Prize in 2000, the Kossuth Prize in 2010 and served on the board of the Hungarian Cinematographers’ Society.
The academy stated it considers Kardos one of its own deceased .
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