Quick Facts
Biography
György Pálfi (born 11 April 1974 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian filmmaker. His film Taxidermia was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Pálfi's films have received numerous awards and nominations. At the 2002 European Film Awards, he won the European Discovery/Fassbinder Award for his début film Hukkle. At Les Arcs European Film Festival in 2014, Pálfi won the first annual ARTE International Prize for the best project in development, The Voice, about a son searching for his father, a scientist who went missing 30 years ago.
Two of Pálfi's films have been Hungary's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: Hukkle and Taxidermia.
He is a TorinoFilmLab Script&Pitch participant with his project The Voice.
Filmography
Feature films
- Hukkle (2002)
- Taxidermia (2006)
- Nem vagyok a barátod / I Am Not Your Friend (2009)
- Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim / Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
- Free Fall (2014)
- Toldi (in pre-production)
Short films
- A hal (1997)
- Jött egy busz... (2003) segment "Táltosember"
- Nem leszek a barátod (documentary short, 2009)
- Magyarország 2011 / Hungary 2011 (2011) segment
Television series
- Valaki kopog (television series, 2000) 1 episode
- Született lúzer (television series, 2008) 2 episodes