Tamás Patrovits was born in Budapest in 1968. After studying the making of animated films, graphic design and computer animation, he graduated from the Hungarian Academy of Crafts and Design in 1993. While he attended the Academy, he won the John Halas scholarship and studied in London at the Halas and Batchelor Studio in 1991. After his first film, Képlények (Pictorial Beings), he animated a national award-winning short film Homage to Lajos Vajda. In 2004 he produced Vigyázat absztrakt! (Attention, Abstract!). That experimental short film was invited to 17 international animation festivals in 2004 and 2005.He collaborated in the making of features as 2D compositor and effect animator, made several commercials, television spots, music videos and caricatures for newspapers. He is a lecturer on animation in several Hungarian educational institutions.In 2004 he founded the Professional and Interest Association of Hungarian Makers of Animated Films (Manifeszt), of which he is president. He edits and contributes writings to the website of the Association (www.manifeszt.hu). It distributes the culture of animated film-making; provides professional information on the present status of the Hungarian profession of animated film-making; monitors how much public money is spent on making Hungarian animated films; and it informs the public about the work of the decision-making bodies of film industry thereby to assure their democratic operation. Manifeszt became a national member of ASIFA in the summer of 2005.Most recently Tamás Patrovits has directed Hungarikum, a flash-animation series (20 x 5 minutes), developed by cartoon designer Zoltán Fritz. The series was produced in early autumn 2005 in a short time as ordered by the Hungarian television channel Cool TV. It uses brilliant caricatures by Zoltán Fritz and the script of Tamás B. Varga. The story (which is often referred to as a Hungarian version of South Park) has provoked a controversy in Hungary and has attracted Hungarian media attention. The series makes fun of prominent persons in Hungarian history; it is satirical, irreverent and provocative.