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Kornél Mundruczó

Directing

Born April 3, 1975 · Gödöllő, Hungary

Biography

Kornél Mundruczó (Hungarian: [ˈkorneːlˈmundrut͡soː]; born 3 April 1975) is a Hungarian film and theatre director. He has directed 19 short and feature films between 1998 and 2021. His film Johanna was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. The production of White God, another of his full-length films, was supported by the Hungarian Film Fund. It won the Prize Un Certain Regard at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and was screened in the Spotlight section of the Sundance Film Festival in 2015. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kornél Mundruczó, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Nestroy Theatre PrizeBest Direction · 2024
  • Time Machine Award · 2017
  • Hevesi Sándor Award · 2013
  • Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic · 2008
  • Béla Balázs Award · 2003
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  • European Film Award – People's Choice AwardBest European Film · 2015 · nominated
  • European Film AwardEuropean Discovery of the Year · 2002 · nominated
  • Hungarian Film AwardBest Director · nominated

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