(b. 1937, Eger, Hungary; d. 2015, Toronto, Canada)
Albert Kish was born in Eger, Hungary in 1937 and received his education in that country. Albert came to Canada from Hungary in 1957 and for a number of years, worked as a photographer and free-lance filmmaker.
In 1964 he joined CBC editing department in Toronto and left as a senior film editor in 1966.
In 1967 he began a long and distinguished career at The National Film Board (NFB) in Montréal where he directed and edited many award-winning films. In particular, three films about photography: This is a Photograph, Notman’s World and The Age of Invention.
Mr. Kish maintained a lifelong interest in photography. His photographs have appeared in several publications by the NFB such as Focus Canada. Four of his photographs were included in a book published by McLelland and Stewart in 1969 entitled Forts of Canada. In addition, the NFB exhibited several of his photographs in their 1970 Photographic Exhibition entitled “Towards 2000.”
After his retirement from the NFB in 1997, Kish travelled extensively in China, Korea and Europe. He lived in Toronto until his death in 2015.
