Balázs Simonyi
Directing
Biography
He studied film theory, film history, Hungarian language, and literature at ELTE BTK from 1998 to 2006. Pursued a PhD in philosophy, completing it in 2013. Throughout his career, he have worked as a dubbing artist, lending his voice to numerous TV and radio commercials, as well as foreign films. From 1986 to 2007, he was a member of Margit Földessy's drama studio, and in 2000, he founded the Kex and Tea literary reading night series. In 2003, he joined the first improvisational theatre company in Hungary, Momentán Társulat, where he served as the lead actor until leaving in 2012. Since 2002, he have worked as a creative freelancer, making films, long-form photo series, commercials, and television programs. His documentaries have been featured in various festivals worldwide.
Known For
In an effort to end family feuding, a young gypsy travels back in time to kill mammoths to ensure Hungary becomes rich by killing mammoths in order to create a massive oil reservoir. Things don't go entirely according to plan...
The District
The film is about Little Vuk, the son of the legendary fox who proves its excellent mind and courage.
A Fox's Tale
After his owners abandon him in the woods, a puppy befriends a family of rabbits.
The Seventh Brother
Dreaming about the Wild West in the 1970s in Eastern Europe is not enough...
Indian
A unique drama about everyday athletes who join an extreme running race. Their dream and burden is to test their personal limits, heal their souls and release their demons.
Ultra
The anatomy of a terror attack – and its turning to an everyday banality.
Banality
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Egy szavazat
A journalist arrives in a Turkish town to make an article about the local community. He is investigating things, whilst he is also noticed by a secret agent. Who is following who?
Mandarin
A zonked-out student director and his responsive D.O.P. friend are hunting for location to their new black and white movie in the great Hungarian desert. Strictly fiction?
Location Hunting
An unusual portrait of writer Péter Nádas. His monologue is accompanied by the associative images of the landscape of his hometown, Gombosszeg.
Own Forest
Seven years have passed since we left our Director disappear in the purple fog somewhere on the Hungarian Puszta along with his faithful fellow, the D.O.P. This year a hard disk has been found, proving that their appetite for creation did not fade. Or did it?
Location Hunting 2.
A filmmaker intoxicated by his own visions and his humble cinematographer have been searching for locations and motifs for their never-made film for 22 years now.
Location Hunting 3.
Kövér Lajos (Fatty Louis) tries to lose weight and find a new friend.
Lajos & Laci
Two suspiciously well-dressed men have a few drinks in a bar and then ominously head off into the night to finish a mysterious job.
Finale
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