- Born
- András Jeles was born on March 27, 1945 in Jászberény, Hungary. He is a director and writer, known for Dream Brigade (1983), A kis Valentinó (1979) and József és testvérei - Jelenetek a parasztbibliából (2004).
- SpouseIldikó Bánsági (divorced)
- ChildrenJudit Nemes JelesGrácia Nemes Jeles
- Father of director László Nemes and production manager Veronika Nemes-Jeles.
- His Hungarian film Why Wasn't He There? (1993) [Why Wasn't He There?] addressed the Shoah: It tells the (fictional) story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl living in the countryside as the Nazis descended on Hungary in 1944. His son László Nemes later co-wrote and directed the acclaimed Son of Saul (2015), a film about the extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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