Dénes Nagy | |
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.jpg) Dénes Nagy in 2021 | |
| Born | 1980 (age 44–45) |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
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| Years active | 2004– |
| Notable work | Natural Light |
Dénes Nagy (Budapest, 1980)[1] is a Hungarian film director, editor and screenwriter. His first feature film,Natural Light was awarded theSilver Bear for Best Director in 2021.[2][3][4]
He graduated from theUniversity of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest in film directing in 2009.[1][5] He attended theDeutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin for one year. Several of his short films were shown in international festivals; his 2006 shortKovács Éva was invited to theTampere Film Festival,Russian Playground was featured at Cannes Critics' Week in 2009, the short filmEgyütt received the Hungarian Film Critics' Award for best short film and won the award for best short film director at the 38th Hungarian Film Week (Magyar Filmszemle).[1] His work titledLágy eső won the Fiction Grand Prize award at the PortugueseCurtas Vila do Conde film festival in 2013.[6]