Sándor Lau
Director
Proud to be a world citizen, US-raised Chinese-Hungarian Sándor Lau did a masters in film at Auckland University, after time in Mexico and Europe. His epic walk to Cape Reinga is documented in 2003's Behaviours of the Backpacker; then came feature doco Squeegee Bandit, about a charismatic Māori car washer. It was invited to 20 international festivals. Lau is now a partner in a US finance company.
I think I’m a practical idealist. I want to tell uncommon stories about extraordinary ordinary people. Sándor Lau in an interview on Lumiere, April 2007
