Biography
Endre was born and raised in Hungary. He studied music and acting at Budapest's renowned Cellar Theatre, where he began writing plays, composing, and directing at 17. He frequently visited Jerzy Grotowski's Laboratory Theatre in Poland and Eugenio Barba's International School of Theatrical Anthropology in Germany. He graduated as a director from the prestigious National University of Theatre and Film Arts. After directing at the National Theatres of Pecs and Szeged, as well as for Television and Radio, he relocated to Paris and then New York. There, he directed stage productions and taught acting, writing, and directing at conservatories, universities, and workshops across Europe, North America, and Asia, including New York University, Espace Acteur, Smith College, Bard College, and the University of Southern California. His directing work ranged from classics to musicals, original and experimental projects to improvisation, including plays by Shakespeare, Moliere, Calderon, Goldoni, Chekhov, Stoppard, Brecht, Pinter, Orton, Ibsen, and Miller. His productions appeared at venues such as the Biennale de Paris, Williamstown Theatre Festival, La Mama in New York, the Los Angeles Theatre Center, and the Shakespeare World Congress. From New York, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue filmmaking. He became a Producing Fellow at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, where he wrote and produced several short films. Meanwhile, he acted in numerous Hollywood movies and television shows. He has written and sold a dozen feature scripts spanning comedies, dramas, thrillers, historical adventures, documentaries, and biopics before finally writing and directing his first feature, Torn From the Flag, a full-length documentary that won awards at multiple festivals and had an Oscar run. This was followed by The Maiden Danced, which was sold on every continent and screened at over 30 festivals worldwide, and Prima Primavera, which he co-wrote with director Janos Edelenyi. He continues to act for directors like David Fincher and Ron Howard and guest stars in television series and New Media productions.
