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Suzanne C. Nagy | |
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| Born | Zsuzsa Csikos Nagy |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Notable work | Grizzly II: The Predator, Sustainable Nature Solutions Series |
| Spouse | Atty. R. Edward Townsend |
| Website | suzannecnagy |
Suzanne Csikos-Nagy (Suzanne C. Nagy) is a Hungarian-American film producer, environmental artist and curator who lives and works in New York City. Her work has been widely exhibited internationally, including The National Museum in Poznan, Ludwig Museum Budapest, Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, Palazzo Guicciardini Bongianni, Art Avenue, New York University, and other institutions.
Early life and education
[edit]Born in Hungary to a Hungarian father, Dr. Csikós Nagy Béla, a reform economist, a professor and was State Secretary of the Institute of Price and Material and to a Swiss mother, Suzanne spent her childhood in Budapest.
Suzanne started exploring art in Hungary. She moved to the United States in 1978.
She has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Budapest University. She specialized on international trade and law. She was a student of professor Istvan Nemeskürty and received a diploma in 1977 as a filmmaker, a film producer and a film writer. She also studied art at the Art Students League of New York between 1980-1982.
Career
[edit]Suzanne left Hungary in 1977. She was the exclusive representative of the Hungarian film industry, Hungarofilm, between 1978 until 1986. She was the liaison between the American producers and Hungarian film industry. She brought 4 American film productions to Hungary. RHI Entertainment made 3 motion pictures and one CBS production in Hungary. Reed's Enterprise developed a script called "Life of Hannah Szenes".
In 1982, she formed her own company and entered into a co-production arrangement with the Chicago-based company to produce the film Grizzly II: Revenge (also known as Grizzly II: The Concert) in Hungary in 1983. As a movie producer, she worked with talents such as George Clooney, Louis Fletcher, Charlie Sheen and Laura Dern. The movie was never released in theaters.[1] It was not finished until now due to legal and personal reasons. She gained full control over the movie in 1988 and is currently working on it. Her ambition was to be able to finance the completion and control the outcome of the film. The opportunity came in 2019 when she found the proper arrangement to digitize the film and complete the sequences. GBGB International completed the film. The movie will be distributed in early 2020.
Suzanne C. Nagy is president of Gallery Les Looms and Art Haz Gallery, curating fine art and works on paper between 16th-20th century. She is also managing her online auction house which is in Manhattan New York.
Works
[edit]Grizzly II. Revenge (film)
[edit]Formerly called Grizzly II: The Predator (also known as Grizzly II: The Concert), it was filmed in 1983 in Hungary by director André Szöts, but was never released to theaters. This is a sequel of the 1976 film Grizzly directed by William Girdler. Sheldon, the co-producer and writer of Grizzly, wrote the screenplay with his screenwriter wife, McCall, who also reprised her role from the original film. The stars were Louise Fletcher, Steve Inwood, John Rhys-Davies, Deborah Raffin and Deborah Foreman. The cast also included Charlie Sheen, George Clooney and Laura Dern, who were unknown at the time, despite being from families of popular stars. It also featured live performances by Toto Coelo, Landscape III, and other musicians.
The main scenes for Grizzly II: The Predator were completed, but before special effects featuring a huge electromechanical bear could be used, the executive producer, Joseph Proctor, disappeared with all of the funds, with some sources saying that he was jailed during the time of the filming. Filmed footage of a live bear, however, attacking a live rock concert, was shot in Hungary. Attempts have been made to recut and film more scenes, but to date, the film has never been released. A bootleg version with the original work print was released in 2007.
Co-producer Suzanne C. Nagy gained full control over the movie in 1988 and purchased the Grizzly II title and the sequels rights.
In 2019, GBGB International took over the completion of the film. The new title Grizzly II. Revenge is an upgrade from the previously known version. Only 75% of the original movie which was shot in Hungary in 1983 was included and 25% was added.[2]
Transparentism
[edit]Suzanne C. Nagy invented Transparentism in 2004. In her work she uses a method of creating 3-D, transparent, photographic sculptures to visualize the depth and meaning of pollution. She made the non-seeable seeable for the human eye. She exhibited her works all over the United States and Europe.
Transparentism is a product of our digital and technological age. Artists now have immense possibilities to experience new ways of creating art. One of her signature work is LED lightboxes and LED light panels.[3]
After documenting the cause of pollution, she started to work on the solution of sustainability.
In 2013, she started to create large-scale 3D light panels, under the series “Sustainable Nature Solutions"
Sustainable Nature Solutions Series
[edit]A creative breakthrough happened in 2008 when Nagy’s work started addressing how we should respond to pollution. This was the beginning of Sustainable Nature Solutions. Her paintings and multimedia works provoked the viewer to question their silent complicity as the consumer of industry. But more importantly, Nagy’s work suggested solutions to environmental pollution that were personal, scaled to the individual, and not the politician or state.
Exhibitions
[edit]Selected Exhibitions
- Fish Kill, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, 2019
- The Sustainable Nature Solutions series
- Sustainable Nature, The Ludwig Museum in Budapest, 2014
- Extinct / Reforestation, QCC Art Gallery New York, 2015-2016
- Pulse, Institute for Public Knowledge – NYU, 2017
- Vanished, Art Market Budapest – Hungary, 2017
- Breeze, Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast – Osprey, FL, 2018
- Delicate Balance, Martha’s Vineyard, MA, 2017
- Water, Capri, Italy, 2016
- Red Mud, Badacsony, Hungary, 2016
- Heat Balance Equation, Budapest, Hungary, 2013
- Monoliths – The Carbon Road, Budapest, Hungary 2012
- Photosynthesis, Poznań, Poland, 2012
- Photosynthesis, Poznań, Poland, 2012
- Remediation, Budapest, Hungary 2008, 2010, 2012
- Footprint, Berlin, Germany, 2011
- Metamorphosis, Berlin, Germany, 2011
- Microwave, Szentendre, Hungary, 2008
Book Publications
[edit]- Tale of the Clock, 1996
- Pollution/Remediation, 2012
- Red Mud, 2013
- The Ghost of Eastern Europe: The Story of the Grizzly II Movie, 2018
References
[edit]- ^ "Grizzly II (found workprint of unfinished thriller film; 1983) - The Lost Media Wiki". lostmediawiki.com. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^ Todd, Andrew (19 February 2020). "After 38 Years, The Legendary GRIZZLY II Is Finally Finished". Birth.Movies.Death.
- ^ ".: Lorraine Anne Davis Photography Appraisals & Curatorial Services :". www.lorrainedavis.com. Retrieved 2018-10-16.