István Bálint

Stephan Balint (born Bálint István 11 July 1943 in Budapest, died 11 October 2007 in Budapest) was a writer, actor, theatre director, and playwright. Balint was co-founder of New York's Squat Theatre where he wrote, acted, and directed L-Train to Eldorado and Full Moon Killer.

Life Istvan Balint was the son of poet and artist Endre Balint.

He also acted in several films, including Hunter, directed by Robert Frank, written by himself; American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy in 1989; and The Golden Boat in 1990. 1977 Pig, Child, Fire!, a play in five parts. The first, a drama based on the confessions of Nikolai Stavrogin in Dostoyevsky's Demons. The second is inspired by 1940s American gangster films. The third is a comic act. 1978 Andy Warhol's Last Love, Ulrike Meinhof meets Andy Warhol in 3 acts: Aliens on the Second Floor, An Imperial Message and Interview With the Dead. 1981 Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free, film and live show in a storefront, 1981. 1981 The Battle of Sirolo. Open air version of Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free. Premiere at Polverigi Festival (Inteatro Festival, Polverigi.) Written, Produced, and Directed by Squat Theater. 1982 The Golden Age of Squat Theatre. A retrospective of three Squat Theatre plays: Pig, Child, Fire!, Andy Warhol's Last Love and Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free. 1985-86 Dreamland Burns. Written and directed by Balint. Sets and set design by Eva Buchmuller. Commissioned by Massachusetts Council for the Arts - New Works Grant. Performed at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.; Montreal, Munich, Zürich, Polverigi International Festival; Boston, Theatre der Welt, Frankfurt, The Kitchen, NYC; Los Angeles; Chicago; Milan Ottre Festival; Monserrato, Cagliari. 1985-86 L-Train to Eldorado. Written and directed by Balint. 1978 Andy Warhol's Last Love, An Imperial Message, 2nd part of play. 1978-81, 60 min, b&w and color, sound, 16mm. Directed by Balint and Péter Halász, Performance Camera: Larry Solomon. 'An Imperial Message' camera: Michel Auder. Michael Mooser, cinematography. Editor: Roughcut Studio. Music: Blondie (band), Kraftwerk. Appearance by Kathleen Kendel as the White Witch. 1981 Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free. 43 minutes, color, 16mm. Part of the play Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free exhibited separately, Hamburg, Abaton Cinema, Berlin. Künstlerhaus; Yale University. Directed by Balint and Halász. Péter Halász, cinematography. 1982 A Matter of Facts 1982 by Eric Mitchell w/ Squat Theatre (Archival) 17 minutes, 45 seconds, color, 16mm. Starring Stephan Balint, Klara Palotai, Boris Major, Péter Halász, Peter Berg, Eric Daillie, Anna Koós, Eszter Balint, Vince Pomilio, Phillipe Pagasky and Arto Lindsay. Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free. courtesy of Squat Theatre. 1983 Tscherwonez. Directed by Gabor Altorjay. With Stephan Balint, Peter (Breznyik) Berg, Péter Halász and Eva Buchmuller of Squat Theatre. 1985 Let Me Love You, 36 minutes, B&W, 16mm. Part of the play Dreamland Burns exhibited at Montreal, International Festival of New Cinema & Video. (Festival du nouveau cinéma). With Shirley Clarke, Richard Leacock and August Darnell. Directed by Stephan Balint. 1985 American Stories, Food, Family and Philosophy (French: Histoires d'Amérique) is a 1989 Belgian drama film directed by Chantal Akerman. It was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. The film deals with Jewish identity in the center of the U.S.A. Eszter Balint also acted in the film. 1989 Hunter Directed by Robert Frank. Written by Stephan Balint. Cast, Stephan Balint and Gunter Burchert. 1989 Day One Directed by Joseph Sargent. Writers: Peter Wyden (book), David W. Rintels (teleplay). 1990 The Golden Boat Written and Directed by Raúl Ruiz.

Publication Manifesto. by István Bálint on behalf of studio kassak and published in Schmuck, Hungary, March/April 1973 issue. New Observations. Guest Editors Eva Buchmuller and Stephan Balint. Copyright 1986, New Observations Ltd. and the authors, all rights reserved.

Awards 1978 – Obie Award, for outstanding achievement for Pig, Child, Fire 1979 – Grand Prix at BITEF, Belgrade International Theatre Festival, Belgrade 1979 – Best Foreign Theatre Performance of the Year, Italian Critics Award for Andy Warhol's Last Love 1981 – Best American Play–Obie Award for Mr. Dead & Mrs. Free 1983 – Special Obie Award, Grand Prize 1985 – Star of the Week by Hamburger Abendblatt for Dreamland Burns 1989 – New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (NYFA) to writer director Balint and set designer Eva Buchmuller