Curiosidades

Has no degree from a film school. In September 2006 Nemes started to study film directing in a post-graduate program at New York University's 'Tisch School of the Arts', but quit after less than a year because he "didn't like it". Nemes further complained in an interview that the education there was too "conventional". Other famous drop-outs from NYU's 'Tisch School' include the later Academy Award winner Steve McQueen, who quit after only one semester for similar reasons, and director Paul Thomas Anderson, who famously quit after only two days.

His first feature film O Filho de Saul (2015) is probably the most awarded debut film in the history of world cinema.

Studied History, International Relations and Political Science.

Speaks French, English and Hungarian fluently.

Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 69th Cannes International Film Festival in 2016.

Member of the 'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) since 2016.

Son of director András Jeles and brother of production manager Veronika Nemes-Jeles.

Lives in Budapest, Hungary.