Directing

Balázs Simonyi

Born August 19, 1980 · Budapest (age 46)

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 a…

Known For

The District

The District · 2004

MovieAnimationScience Fiction

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 Seventh Brother

The Seventh Brother · 1995

The Seventh Brother

MovieAnimationAdventure

After his owners abandon him in the woods, a puppy befriends a family of rabbits.

Own Forest

Own Forest · 2023

MovieDocumentary

An unusual portrait of writer Péter Nádas. His monologue is accompanied by the associative images of the landscape of his hometown, Gombosszeg.

Ultra

MovieDocumentary

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.

A Fox's Tale

A Fox's Tale · 2008

MovieFamilyAnimation

The film is about Little Vuk, the son of the legendary fox who proves its excellent mind and courage.

Scorpio Eats Gemini for Breakfast

Scorpio Eats Gemini for Breakfast · 1992

Scorpio Eats Gemini for Breakfast

MovieDramaComedy

This is a story of a man who wants to grasp and hold his beloved one by him and a woman who insists on that her love can't be grasped; 'she' only can deliver hers. It has written Comedy, Romance etc... but, this movie doesn't include anything funny, I believe. After I see the movie, I thought that love springs through a one's heart and it has its own spirit. It doesn't have to have any company. The matter is if it coincides its mate; that's it.

Lajos & Laci

Lajos & Laci · 2018

Kövér Lajos (Fatty Louis) tries to lose weight and find a new friend.

Indian

Dreaming about the Wild West in the 1970s in Eastern Europe is not enough...

Filmography

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The District

The District · 2004

MovieAnimationScience Fiction

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...

Móricka (voice)

The Seventh Brother

The Seventh Brother · 1995

The Seventh Brother

MovieAnimationAdventure

After his owners abandon him in the woods, a puppy befriends a family of rabbits.

Tasli (voice)

Own Forest

Own Forest · 2023

MovieDocumentary

An unusual portrait of writer Péter Nádas. His monologue is accompanied by the associative images of the landscape of his hometown, Gombosszeg.

Screenplay

Ultra

MovieDocumentary

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.

Director

A Fox's Tale

A Fox's Tale · 2008

MovieFamilyAnimation

The film is about Little Vuk, the son of the legendary fox who proves its excellent mind and courage.

Alex (voice)

Scorpio Eats Gemini for Breakfast

Scorpio Eats Gemini for Breakfast · 1992

Scorpio Eats Gemini for Breakfast

MovieDramaComedy

This is a story of a man who wants to grasp and hold his beloved one by him and a woman who insists on that her love can't be grasped; 'she' only can deliver hers. It has written Comedy, Romance etc... but, this movie doesn't include anything funny, I believe. After I see the movie, I thought that love springs through a one's heart and it has its own spirit. It doesn't have to have any company. The matter is if it coincides its mate; that's it.

Tamás 7 évesen (voice)

Lajos & Laci

Lajos & Laci · 2018

Kövér Lajos (Fatty Louis) tries to lose weight and find a new friend.

Director

Indian

Dreaming about the Wild West in the 1970s in Eastern Europe is not enough...

Writer

Egy szavazat

Egy szavazat · 2006

MovieDramaComedy

Director

Halálvölgy - Portréfilm Lubics Szilviáról

Halálvölgy - Portréfilm Lubics Szilviáról · 2018

Halálvölgy - Portréfilm Lubics Szilviáról

MovieDocumentary

Director

Location Hunting

Location Hunting · 2003

Location Hunting

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?

Writer

Location Hunting 2.

Location Hunting 2. · 2011

Location Hunting 2.

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?

Director of Photography

Banality

Banality · 2019

The anatomy of a terror attack – and its turning to an everyday banality.

Director

Location Hunting 3.

Location Hunting 3. · 2025

Location Hunting 3.

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.

Director