| 9th Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles November 5 - 15 2009 "Hungarians in Hollywood" |
| Laemmle's MONICA 4-Plex 1332 2nd Street Santa Monica, 90401 |
| RALEIGH STUDIOS 650 N Bronson Ave Los Angeles, CA 90004-149 |
| Hungarians in Hollywood Best Film Award |
American Cinema Foundation Executive Director Gary McVey is a
former New Yorker, a graduate of New York University 's Tisch School
of the Arts.
Gary was General Manager at Filmex, the original and legendary Los
Angeles film festival, and in 1987 became one of the founding directors
of its successor, AFI FEST, the American Film Institute Los Angeles
International Film Festival. Under his leadership the festival held its
first annual Latino, Independent, and Hong Kong film weeks, and
focused on the great change sweeping socialist Europe in those
years. AFI FEST revived long-popular L.A. traditions like the all-night
movie marathon (1995's "All Night: Left Wing vs. Right Wing" was a
particular success). Video and information technology transformed the
festival circuit in the nineties, with AFI playing a major role, and the
festival was often the occasion of public introduction of new ideas. Gary
took over the helm of the American Cinema Foundation in 1997,
bringing the specialized world of documentary and foreign films
together with one of Hollywood's pioneering "talking shops" for public
policy, and introducing programs that re-examine moments and
movements in film and television history.
Gary has served on film juries and panels in Hungary, Ireland , Russia
Germany , Azerbaijan , Spain , and the Czech Republic .
former New Yorker, a graduate of New York University 's Tisch School
of the Arts.
Gary was General Manager at Filmex, the original and legendary Los
Angeles film festival, and in 1987 became one of the founding directors
of its successor, AFI FEST, the American Film Institute Los Angeles
International Film Festival. Under his leadership the festival held its
first annual Latino, Independent, and Hong Kong film weeks, and
focused on the great change sweeping socialist Europe in those
years. AFI FEST revived long-popular L.A. traditions like the all-night
movie marathon (1995's "All Night: Left Wing vs. Right Wing" was a
particular success). Video and information technology transformed the
festival circuit in the nineties, with AFI playing a major role, and the
festival was often the occasion of public introduction of new ideas. Gary
took over the helm of the American Cinema Foundation in 1997,
bringing the specialized world of documentary and foreign films
together with one of Hollywood's pioneering "talking shops" for public
policy, and introducing programs that re-examine moments and
movements in film and television history.
Gary has served on film juries and panels in Hungary, Ireland , Russia
Germany , Azerbaijan , Spain , and the Czech Republic .
