Lea György

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Lea György studied pedagogy and film at ELTE before graduating as an economist from the Budapest Business University. She worked in the animation industry as a production manager and later became a freelance producer and consultant for films and documentaries, overseeing the entire process from development to distribution, including tender writing and accounting. She also graduated as a Sustainable Manager in both the general and film industries. Lea has produced documentaries on the Hungarian diaspora in Cleveland and Caracas and explored relations between Hungarians and other communities, such as Vietnamese and Ghanaians, including her film "Faraway Perspectives". She also had the opportunity to create a portrait film about the legendary canoeist Tamás Wichmann, titled "Magyar Lapát". In recent years, she has expanded into feature films, producing comediesand the romance "Our Blossom"—the first Hungarian-Vietnamese co-production. Lea joined
Speak Easy Project in February 2023 as a line producer, where she is responsible for the administration of all films, as well as writing and managing tenders within the Hungarian system. She is board member of MADOKE from the middle of June, 2025.

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Producer, General Secretary of MADOKE
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DocLab Presentations
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