Kornél Mundruczó
Hungarian actor, theater and film director of Romanian origin (born 1975)
Kornél Mundruczó (Hungarian: [ˈmundrut͡soː ˈkorneːl]; born 3 April 1975) is a Hungarian filmmaker and theatre director, most known for his films about contemporary Hungary.
White God (2014), won the Un Certain Regard prize at the 67th Cannes Film Festival, while Delta (2008) Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project (2010) and Jupiter's Moon (2017) were nominated for the Palme d'Or.
He made his English-language debut with Pieces of a Woman (2020), which was nominated for the Golden Lion.
Early life
Mundruczó earned a diploma from Hungary's Academy of Film and Drama in 1998 as an actor, then in 2003 as a film and television director. In that same year, he founded Proton Cinema Ltd., dedicated to film production, along with Viktória Petrányi, a constant co-creator and collaborator in his work and writing since the academy.
Career
Theatre
Mundruczó has worked in theatre and opera since 2003, first in Hungary and then in theatres abroad such as the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, the TR Warszawa, the Schauspielhaus Zürich and the Vlaamse Opera. He is most keen to begin new projects where he finds the subject, collaborators and venue inspiring. During the creative process, he strives to create a team. For new projects, he very often casts the same actors, who work with him as creative partners. After freelancing with more or less the same group of people for several years, in 2009, he founded Proton Theatre, his independent theatre company, with producer Dóra Büki.
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