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László Nemes

László Nemes

Birth : 1977-02-18, Budapest, Hungary

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László Nemes (born February 18, 1977) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His 2015 debut feature film Son of Saul was screened in the main competition at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix. Nemes was born in Budapest, Hungary, but grew up in Paris. He is the son of film director András Jeles. He got interested in filmmaking at an early age, when he made horror films in the basement of their Paris home. After studying History, International Relations and Screenwriting, he started working as an assistant director in France and Hungary on short and feature films. For two years, he worked as Béla Tarr's assistant. After directing his first 35-mm short film, With a Little Patience, he moved to New York to study film directing. Beginning in September 2011, he spent five months in Paris as part of a scholarship program arranged by the Cinéfondation, where he, in collaboration with Clara Royer, developed the script for Son of Saul. Description above from the Wikipedia article László Nemes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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László Nemes

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Writer

Set in Budapest in 1913, when the city was considered to be at the heart of Europe. 20-year-old Irisz Leiter, arrives in the Hungarian capital after spending her younger years in an orphanage, hoping to work as a milliner in the legendary hat store that belonged to her late parents. She is suddenly confronted with her past and starts searching for answers about her family before stumbling upon dark secrets.

Director

Set in Budapest in 1913, when the city was considered to be at the heart of Europe. 20-year-old Irisz Leiter, arrives in the Hungarian capital after spending her younger years in an orphanage, hoping to work as a milliner in the legendary hat store that belonged to her late parents. She is suddenly confronted with her past and starts searching for answers about her family before stumbling upon dark secrets.

Screenplay

In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son.

Director

In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son.

The Gentleman Takes His Leave

The Gentleman Takes His Leave

Producer

Based on the novel "Demons" by Dostoevsky.

The Gentleman Takes His Leave

The Gentleman Takes His Leave

Screenplay

Based on the novel "Demons" by Dostoevsky.

The Gentleman Takes His Leave

The Gentleman Takes His Leave

Director

Based on the novel "Demons" by Dostoevsky.

The Counterpart

The Counterpart

Director

Two friends suddenly meet again in the most unexpected of places.

The Man from London

The Man from London

Assistant Director

A switchman at a seaside railway witnesses a murder but does not report it after he finds a suitcase full of money at the scene of the crime.

With a Little Patience

With a Little Patience

Casting

An office clerk as seen during her daily routine - all the little vibrations of her face. And a man, impatiently waiting for her, beyond the windows.

With a Little Patience

With a Little Patience

Screenplay

An office clerk as seen during her daily routine - all the little vibrations of her face. And a man, impatiently waiting for her, beyond the windows.

With a Little Patience

With a Little Patience

Director

An office clerk as seen during her daily routine - all the little vibrations of her face. And a man, impatiently waiting for her, beyond the windows.

Screenplay

Early short film by László Nemes.

Director

Early short film by László Nemes.

Writer

Set in the late 1950s and focused on a little boy. Premise TBA.

Director

Set in the late 1950s and focused on a little boy. Premise TBA.