Director

Balázs Simonyi

August 19, 1980 · Budapest

He studied film theory, film history, Hungarian language, and literature at ELTE BTK from 1998 to 2006. Pursued a PhD in philosophy, completing it in 2013. Throughout his career, he have worked as a dubbing artist, lending his voice to numerous TV and radio commercials, as well as foreign films. From 1986 to 2007, he was a member of Margit Földessy's drama studio, and in 2000, he founded the Kex and Tea literary reading night series. In 2003, he joined the first improvisational theatre company in Hungary, Momentán Társulat, where he served as the lead actor until leaving in 2012. Since 2002, he have worked as a creative freelancer, making films, long-form photo series, commercials, and television programs. His documentaries have been featured in various festivals worldwide.

Often works with

Barnabás Tóth
3 titles together
Location Hunting, Location Hunting 3., Location Hunting 2.
Győző Szabó
2 titles together
A Fox's Tale, The District
Péter Rudolf
2 titles together
Scorpio Eats Gemini for Breakfast, Indian

Full filmography · 13

Location Hunting 3.
cast and Director and Writer
2025
Own Forest
as filmkészítő-ultramaratonfutó
2023
Banality
Writer and Director
2019
Halálvölgy - Portréfilm Lubics Szilviáról
Director
2018
Lajos & Laci
Director and Writer
2018
Indian
as Man with motorcycle, Teacher 5. and Director and Writer
2016
Location Hunting 2.
as Director of Photography and Writer
2011
A Fox's Tale
as Alex (voice)
20081.7
Egy szavazat
Director and Writer
2006
The District
as Móricka (voice)
20045.1
Location Hunting
as Director of Photography and Writer
2003
The Seventh Brother
as Tasli (voice)
19956.4