Ildikó Enyedi

Ildikó Enyedi
Enyedi in 2017
Born (1955-11-15) 15 November 1955
Budapest, Hungary
Occupation Film director
Screenwriter
Years active 1989-present
Parent(s) George Enyedi

Ildikó Enyedi (born 15 November 1955) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. She has directed eight films since 1989. Her father, George Enyedi, was a geographer and economist who played a major role in the long-term development of regional science.

Career

She won the Golden Camera award for Az én XX. századom at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.[1] In 1992 she was a member of the jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.[2] Her 1994 film Magic Hunter was entered into the main competition at the 51st edition of the Venice Film Festival.[3] In 2007 she was a member of the jury at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival.[4]

Enyedi's film On Body and Soul premiered at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bear.[5] The film went on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film representing Hungary.[6]

In 2018 she announced her next film would be an adaptation of The Story of My Wife, about a man who makes a bet with his friend to marry the next woman who walks into the café where they are eating.[7] The film was adapted from a novel by Milán Füst of the same name.

Filmography

References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: My 20th Century". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  2. "Berlinale: 1992 Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  3. Giovanna Grassi, Tullio Kezich (29 July 1994). "Venezia, Stone in gara fra tanti " deb "". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  4. "29th Moscow International Film Festival (2007)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  5. "Berlin Film Festival: 'On Body and Soul' Wins Golden Bear for Best Film". Variety. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. D'ZURILLA, CHRISTIE. "At 89, James Ivory and Agnès Varda are the Oscars' oldest nominees". Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  7. Roxborough, Scott. "Lea Seydoux to Star in New Film From Director Ildiko Enyedi (Exclusive)". Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  8. Norbert Creutz, "Dix cinéastes de quatre continents imaginent le jour de l'an 2000," Le Temps, 4 December 1998.
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