János Szász (born 14 March 1958) is a Hungarian
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
,
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
and
theater director. He has directed eleven films since 1983. His film ''
Witman fiúk'' was screened in the
Un Certain Regard section at the
1997 Cannes Film Festival
The 50th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 18 May 1997 in film, 1997. The Palme d'Or was jointly awarded to ''Taste of Cherry, Ta'm e guilass'' by Abbas Kiarostami and ''The Eel (film), Unagi'' by Shohei Imamura. Jeanne Moreau was the mistre ...
and was entered into the
20th Moscow International Film Festival
The 20th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 19 to 29 July 1997. The Golden St. George was awarded to the American film '' Marvin's Room'' directed by Jerry Zaks.
Jury
* Oleg Menshikov (Russia – President of the Jury)
* Georgi Dju ...
.
His 2007 film ''
Opium: Diary of a Madwoman'' was entered into the
29th Moscow International Film Festival
The 29th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 21 to 30 June 2007. The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film '' Travelling with Pets'' directed by Vera Storozheva.
Jury
* Fred Schepisi (Australia – Chairman of the Jury)
* An ...
.
Szász was the Director of the American Repertory Theater Institute and a faculty member from March 2001. He has directed numerous theatrical productions including six stagings with the
American Repertory Theater.
Filmography
* ''
Tavaszi zápor'' (1983)
* ''
Escorial'' (1984)
* ''
A léderer-ügy
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'' (1985)
* ''
Utóirat'' (1987)
* ''
Szédülés'' (1990)
* ''
Woyzeck'' (1994)
* ''
Witman fiúk'' (1997)
* ''
Temetés'' (1998)
* ''
A Holocaust szemei
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is Engl ...
'' (2000)
* ''
Ópium: Egy elmebeteg nö naplója'' (2007)
* ''
The Notebook'' (2013)
References
External links
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1958 births
Living people
European Film Awards winners (people)
Hungarian film directors
Hungarian screenwriters
Male screenwriters
Hungarian male writers
Writers from Budapest
International Writing Program alumni