Peter AKAR graduated from the Academy of Film and Performing Arts, Hungary (SZFE) as a screenplay writer and went on to study documentary directing at the MA course of the National Film and Television School in the UK. He has worked on several documentaries for British TV channels (Channel 4, STV, etc). His film Sing Your Heart Out has won the Grierson Award and the Royal Television Society’s Award. Apart from documentaries he has worked on critically acclaimed fiction-TV series in Hungary both as a writer and a director.