Gábor Reisz | |
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![]() Reisz at 2015 Voices Festival | |
Born | 19 January 1980
Budapest, Hungary | (age 44)
Occupation | Film director |
Gábor Reisz (born 19 January 1980) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.
Born in Budapest, Reisz majored in film theory and film history from the Eötvös Loránd University. [1] His university graduation film For Some Inexplicable Reason premiered at the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. [2] It received critical acclaim and was awarded the Special Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the Turin Film Festival, and the Best Director Award at the Sofia International Film Festival. [1] [3] [4]
Reisz's second feature film Bad Poems premiered at the 2018 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [5] It won four Hungarian Film Awards including the prizes for best film and best director, [6] was awarded best film at the MonteCarlo Film Fest [7] and received the jury’s special mention prize at the 2018 Turin Film Festival. [8]
In 2023, Reisz's Explanation for Everything premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Horizons competition. [9] [10] It was later awarded the Gold Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival. [11]
Gábor Reisz | |
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![]() Reisz at 2015 Voices Festival | |
Born | 19 January 1980
Budapest, Hungary | (age 44)
Occupation | Film director |
Gábor Reisz (born 19 January 1980) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.
Born in Budapest, Reisz majored in film theory and film history from the Eötvös Loránd University. [1] His university graduation film For Some Inexplicable Reason premiered at the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. [2] It received critical acclaim and was awarded the Special Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the Turin Film Festival, and the Best Director Award at the Sofia International Film Festival. [1] [3] [4]
Reisz's second feature film Bad Poems premiered at the 2018 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [5] It won four Hungarian Film Awards including the prizes for best film and best director, [6] was awarded best film at the MonteCarlo Film Fest [7] and received the jury’s special mention prize at the 2018 Turin Film Festival. [8]
In 2023, Reisz's Explanation for Everything premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Horizons competition. [9] [10] It was later awarded the Gold Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival. [11]