Filmography

Inkubátor (Incubator) 2009. 84. min. (Director: Réka Pigniczky)
Story editor
A documentary film about the transformation of an exile community nearly twenty years after the end of Cold War.
Official selection: 41st Hugarian Film Week - Budapest, 02/2010

Apacsavar (Mr. Mom) 2009. 21 min.
Director, cinematographer
Mom goes to work every day, Dad stay at home with their one-year old son - how can work and family life be balanced? The documentary Mr. Mom is a portrait of a family facing modern dilemmas.
Founded by: Hungarian Motion Picture Public Fund, National Cultural Fund, MONA Foundation

Zsinagógát vegyenek! (Synagogue For Sale) 2007. 47 min.
Director, cinematographer
Privatization, Irish pub, mortgage, auction - the documentary Synagogue For Sale shines a critical light on Hungary's recent history through the fate of a 150-year old building.
Duna Award - 4th Cinefest Miskolc - International Festival of Young Filmmakers 09/2007 - Miskolc, Hungary
Official selection: 38th Hugarian Film Week - Budapest, 02/2007; 4thFilm.dok Hungarian - Romanian Documentary Film Festival 05/2007 - Miercurea Ciuc, Romania; "Crossroads of Europe" International Documentary Film Festival 04/2008- Lublin, Poland;
2008 Jewish Eye World Jewish Film Festival 10/2008 - Ashkelon, Israel
Founded by: Hungarian Motion Picture Public Fund, Ministry of Cultural Heritage

Szomszédok voltak (Once They Were Neighbours) 2005. 65 min.
Director, cinematographer
Once They Were Neighbours is a documentary about the collective memories of the non-Jewish witnesses of WWII, the so far untold stories of bystanding neighbours of the hundreds of thousands who never returned.
Duna Television's Special Award - 3. Cinefest Miskolc - International Festival of Young Filmmakers 09/2006 - Miskolc, Hungary
Honorable Mention - 2006 Berkeley Film & Video Festival 11/2006 - Berkeley, CA (USA)
Official selection: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2006 - Missoula, MT (USA); 37th Hugarian Film Week - Budapest, 06/02; 3rd Film.dok Hungarian - Romanian Documentary Film Festival 05/2006 - Miercurea Ciuc, Romania; 30th Atlanta Film Festival 06/2006 - Atlanta, GA (USA); 21st Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival - Fort Lauderdale, FL (USA) 10/2006; 2006 Jewish Eye World Jewish Film Festival 11/2006 - Beer Sheva, Israel; Kamera Hungária 2007 Television Program Festival 03/2007 - Pécs, Hungary
Founded by: Hungarian Motion Picture Public Fund, Ministry of Cultural Heritage

Harmadik találkozás (Take Three) 2004. 73 min. (Director: Tamás Almási)
Cinematographer, associate director, off-line editor
Take Three is a documentary feature about the third reunion of a high school class graduated in 1981. The different lives and life strategies of the classmates represent the entire society from the viewpoint of a generation that had been participating in the changing of the regime.

Valahol otthon lenni (From Home to Home) 2003. 104 min. (Director: Tamás Almási)
Associate director, cinematographer
In most of the 20th century Hungarians lived as ethnic minorities in neighboring communist countries. Travelling was mostly forbidden after WWII, so thousands came illegally. From Home to Home tells the story of four people and their families who decided to relocate to Hungary in the late 80's - at any price.
• Schiffer Pal Special Award - 35th Hungarian Film Week, 02/04
• Director's Award - Film.dok Hungarian-Romanian Documentary Film Festival, Sepsiszentgyörgy, Romania, 03/04
• 8th International 1001 Documentary Film Festival, Istambul, Turkey 03/05
• Camera Hungaria Festival, Hungary 2005
• Special Jury Award - WorldFest Houston 2005

Screw Your Courage (2000) 27 min. (Thesis project at UC Berkeley)
Director, producer, cinematographer, editor
In Screw Your Courage, young African-American high school drop-outs try to get their lives back on track with an unusual project for their impoverished, Oakland, CA neighbourhood: a performance of William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
• Best Short Doc Award - 2002 DocSide Film Festival, San Antonio, TX
• Best Documentary Short Prize - 25th Atlanta Film and Video Festival, 2001
• Official Selection: New Orleans Film Festival, Carolina Film and Video Festival (Honorable Mention), Fairfax Documentary Film Festival, Firstglance4 Philadelphia, John Hopkins Film Festival, Kansas City Filmmakers' Jubilee, Rochester International Film Festival, Mediawave International Festival of Visual Arts (Hungary)
• Aired: KQED (San Francisco's PBS affiliate), Pacific Film Archive - Berkeley, CA

Resident Life (2003) Thirteen 52 min. episodes
Videojournalist (field producer, reporter and cinematographer)
Resident Life (aired on TLC) follows a team of young doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, where their struggles, triumphs and teamwork are documented in a dramatic close-up fashion. From oncology to orthopedics, through ER and OB, Resident Life portrays doctors-in-training and how they cope with an extraordinarily demanding lifestyle while handling unexpected crises and crucial decisions. The series is produced by NYT Television - A New York Times Company.

Critical Hour (2002) Three 52 min. episodes
Videojournalist (field producer, reporter and cinematographer)
Critical Hour is a documentary series about the most important period - the "golden hour" - of a sick or injured person's medical care (aired on Discovery Health channel). The series is produced by NYT Television - A New York Times Company.

Trauma: Life in the E. R. (2001 - 2002) Six 52 min. episodes
Videojournalist (field producer, reporter and cinematographer)
Trauma: Life in the E. R. is a documentary series that takes viewers behind the scenes into emergency rooms across America (aired on cable channel TLC). The series is produced by NYT Television - A New York Times Company.

Women Docs (2001) Two 52 min. episodes
Videojournalist (field producer, reporter and cinematographer)
Women Docs is a documentary series about female doctors aired on Lifetime channel. The series is produced by True Entertainment.

Forever Fourteen (2000) 24 min. (Thesis project at UC Berkeley)
Associate producer, cinematographer
(Director, producer, editor: Kelly St. John)
Forever Fourteen is the story of 14-year-old Wendy Osborn's disappearance and the seven years it took to solve her murder, told by a unique storyteller: a filmmaker who played a role in finding her killer.
• National Emmy Award for outstanding informational long-form programming, 2002
• First Prize - Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' 2001 College Television Awards ("Student Emmy")
• Official Selection - Kodak's Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at 2001 Cannes Film Festival