Ágnes Hranitzky is a Hungarian film editor and director best known for her long-standing collaborations with her spouse

Béla Tarr Béla Tarr (born 21 July 1955) is a Hungarian filmmaker. Debuting with the film '' Family Nest'' (1979), Tarr began his directorial career with a brief period of what he refers to as "social cinema", aimed at telling everyday stories about ordi ...

Film career

Hranitzky began working in the 1970s as a film editor on Hungarian films. She began collaborating with director

in 1981, editing his film '' The Outsider''. She has edited all of Tarr's films since then. In 2000, with the film ''

Werckmeister Harmonies ''Werckmeister Harmonies'' (; ) is a 2000 Hungarian drama film directed by Béla Tarr and co-directed by Ágnes Hranitzky, based on the 1989 novel '' The Melancholy of Resistance'' by László Krasznahorkai. Shot in black-and-white and composed ...

'' Hranitzky began to be credited as a co-director on Tarr's films. The credit developed as Tarr is known for his long takes, the length of which forced Hranitzky to be on set during production in order to assist Tarr with knowing how things would develop in the editing room and which takes would match others. She co-directed '' The Man from London'' in 2007, again with Tarr as lead director. The film premiered In Competition at the

2007 Cannes Film Festival The 60th Cannes Film Festival was held from 16 to 27 May 2007. British filmmaker Stephen Frears served as jury president for the main competition. Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu won the Palme d'Or for the drama film ''4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 ...

. In 2011, she again co-directed '' The Turin Horse'', which premiered in 2011, at the

61st Berlin International Film Festival The 61st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 February 2011, with actress Isabella Rossellini as the president of the jury. The Coen Brothers film ''True Grit (2010 film), True Grit'' opened the festival. 300,000 tick ...

, where it received the Jury Grand Prix.

Personal life

Hranitzky is married to director

and has been with him since they met in 1978.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hranitzky, Agnes Hungarian film directors Living people Hungarian film editors Hungarian women film directors Women film editors Year of birth missing (living people)