Biography

January 26, 1972 · Debrecen, Hungary

He is married to actress Orsolya Török-Illyés, who appears in most of his films.

Was set to direct one part of Jött egy busz... (2003) but dropped out to direct his second feature film (Tamara (2004)) instead. György Pálfi replaced him.

[on Ernelláék Farkaséknál (2016)] A year before shooting the film I wrote a play, and the screenplay is almost identical to its text. The budget was tiny - I don't think there exists any film with such a small budget. Other than us sitting here, almost all crew members were my students from the Metropolitan University in Budapest. Thanks to that, we had a total of thirteen cameramen. [2016]

[on Ernelláék Farkaséknál (2016)] We have no boundary between what is too personal. We discuss each thing as much as it deserves. Our life served only as an inspiration. A number of motifs and topics that we were also dealing with at the time - such as raising the children and living abroad - appeared in it. Otherwise, the film is composed of the stories of other couples. [2016]

[on Ernelláék Farkaséknál (2016)] We [in Hungary] don't have such an enviable network of arthouse cinemas as the Czech Republic does. Whether the film will be a hit is a bit of a lottery. We will at least begin distributing the film in the same spirit as it was shot: We will open up our flat and screen it to a few people. [2016]