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History
1999
- After attaining their degree in animation at Moholy – Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest (MOME) Béla Klingl, Áron Gauder and Igor Bóka establish K.G.B. Vízuális Műhely (Visual Workshop).
- Béla Klingl’s diploma film wins the Mete-Orb prize at Alter-Native Festival (the Romanian National Film Institution’s Prize) and Kecskemét Animation Festival (best 3D animation Prize). The studio also starts to deal with Television based jobs.
2000
- Creating Visual Effects for Hukkle, György Pálfi’s Prize winning diploma film. Besides animated shorts the making/production of advertisements.
- Áron Gauder and Igor Bóka leave the company which is now called KGB Studio and establish Lichthof Produkció (Lichthof Production) with producer Erik Novák.
- Creating Television program titles for Magyar Televízió, TV2 and RTL Klub.
2003
- Doing 3D work and animation for multiple award winning animated movie Nyócker, created by Áron Gauder.
2004
- Compositing and creating computer effects for Sosemvolt Cigányország by Katalin Macskássy and Péterffy Zsófi.
- Creating all of the animation, rendering and composting work for shortfilm Meastro by Géza M. Tóth. In 2007, this mutliple International Prize winning short was nominated for the American Film Academy’s Oscar in animated short movie category.
2005
- Béla Klingl’s short, Deja Vu wins Manifeszt prize at Kecskemét Animation Festival.
- Creating computer effects for more than 70 scenes for feature length movie Taxidermia, made by György Pálfi.
- „Besides the scenery, Holywood comparable CGI effects were achieved which are not there to show off, awkwardly by themselves for themselves but to summon the impossible, the unseen and the imagitnation. The work of KGB Studió’s animators, already convincig in Hukkle, are some of the movie’s breathtaking scenes. ” (mozinet.hu, 2006)
2006
- Winning the tender written by Magyar Televízió M2 in conjunction with Grotesque Grafikai Stúdió (Grotesque Graphical Studio). This Hungarian traditional motife based new Corporate Design won the recognition of forums and also took place in many exhibitions and lectures.
- Creating the Pilot for the Sweedish animated movie Beats, directed by Alekseev Alexey.
2007
- Creating the on screen Corporate Design for entertainment channel Cool TV, member of the RTL group. The Graphics based Corporate Design was created by Grotesque.
- The planning and production of the Corporate Design for the popular Televesion Quiz program „The safe” airing on RTL Klub won the Best Licence Entertaining Show and best On-Air Promo prize at Kamera Hungaria Festival.
- Creating the computer effects for feature length action movie Zuhanórepülés, by Erik Novák.
2008
- Winning the complete Corporate Design tender written by MTM-SBS group member TV2, the second most viewed commercial Television channel in Hungary. The On-Air and Off-Air Corporate Design was made by Grotesque.
- Making the Pilot for Tender Interface, a movie by Ildikó Enyedi. We created a Fantasy World based on a period of Leó Szilárd’s life by using green screen shots filmed with Paul Giamatti in Los Angeles. The SFX supervisor was Scott E. Anderson.
- Creating the animation, rendering and composotion for short film ERGO, by Géza M. Tóth.
2009
- Completing Zoltán Bogdán’s short, Edward. The film won the Hungarian Movie Artists Assosiation Animation Section’s and the Children Judge’s prize at Kecskemét Animation Festival.
- Making Richly Zsolt’s short movie, Kőműves Kelemen comissioned by Kecskemétfilm.
- Origo Zrt., member of the Magyar Telekom Group launched two Television channels in 2009. OZONE- Network which deals with Environmental Protection and LIFE- Network which targets women and covers lifestyle. The on screen Corporate Design was created by KGB Studio and the Graphical Design by Grotesque for both channels.
- Producing the 3D and compsiting work for the video clip Spiss, requested by Studio Baestarts. The clip was directed by József Sándor.
2010
- Refreshing the Corporate Design for the new, now older age group oriented Cool Tv. The Graphical Designs were created by Grotesque.
- Creating an advertisement for Vodafone Hungary under the name Internet Éden. The Tv-Spot was commissioned by DDB Advertising Agency and directed by Laszló Csáky.
- Doing Animatoin related jobs for Áron Gauder’s developing animated feature length movie, Egill.
2011
- Oscar and Kossuth prize winning animated cartoon director Ferenc Rófusz joins the team. Creating the computer effects for his short, Tickett.
- Making BABEL a short film by Árpád Koós.
