After World War 2 his father Albert Libik, who was an influential businessman in Budapest, sent him to an elite boarding school located in Switzerland.
Returning to Budapest, first he studied chemistry upon the wish of his father and older brother George Libik, but later enrolled in the Hungarian Film School.
From 1957 to 1960, André Libik wrote and directed three short films financed by the French Red Cross: Un Homme dans l'Inhumanité (about Imre Nagy), Sans Passeport and Terre Retrouvée (both about refugees).
He settled in West Berlin and from 1962 to 1972, he wrote, directed and produced numerous TV films for German, French and US television (see filmography).
Between the years 1997 and 2000, he was Director for International Affairs of the United Nations European Economic Commission’s Regional Centre in Budapest.
From 1999 to 2001, he was Line Producer of various major German TV productions and in 2000 he published his autobiography “Pretty Girls and Terrorists”, which received considerable critical acclaim.
1973: Einmal Urwald und zurück("Return Ticket to the Jungle") Documentary about an "Adventure Holiday" (ARD - German TV) Pretty Girls and Terrorists was written by André Libik and published in 2000.