Background
The son of a noted diplomat and lecturer, he spent some of his youth in Montreal and in Stockholm.
The son of a noted diplomat and lecturer, he spent some of his youth in Montreal and in Stockholm.
He is also a regular lecturer at Eötvös Loránd University University in Budapest. After returning to Budapest and an unsuccessful attempt to become an actor, Gát turned to directing at a very young age, starting as a runner and eventually becoming a cameraman, and then a director His first hit was the crime-comedy television series "Linda" (1984–1989).
lieutenant was during the pre-production of "Linda" that Gát became Hungary"s first independent television producer - a position that at the time the regime did not acknowledge.
He subsequently created series "Angyalbőrben" (1990–1991), "Familia Kft." (1991–1997), "television a város szélén" (1998), "SztárVár" (2005) and the animated series "Szerencsi fel!" (2004). The marriage lasted only a year.
In 2008 he co-wrote and co-directed a sequel to animated movie Vuk (film), called "A Kis Vuk" (in English: A Fox"s Tale). In Hungary, the reception of the sequel was controversial.
As a young man his popularity was unparalleled among his peers, he never hesitated to stand up for a friend, and his interactions were extremely helpful to several young people, who experienced extreme difficulties to find a job or earn a living in those years.