Biography
André Szőts was a Hungarian film producer. Born in Budapest in 1937, he lived in Switzerland during the Second World War before returning to Hungary in 1946. He emigrated in 1956, studied at Columbia University and worked in advertising in Paris and New York before entering film production in 1971.
Szöts produced more than 200 advertising and feature films. His credits include Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), on which he served as producer for the Hungarian co-production, Je suis vivante et je vous aime (1998) and Nitrato d'argento (1996). He opened a film production office in Budapest in 1991 and also directed a small number of projects, including the television film Vasárnap Budapesten (1982). He died in Budapest in 2006.
