Dániel Füzes

Director

Dániel Füzes was born in Germany. He is a Hungarian director who studied film theory and film history at ELTE University (BA degree) and also majored as a motion picture artist at the Budapest Metropolitan University (MA degree). After that, he was admitted to the University of Theater and Film Arts Budapest, majoring in film and television directing. He made several short films as a director that were featured in numerous Hungarian and international film festivals (including Oscar and BAFTA qualifying ones) . He is currently developing his first feature film project within the framework of the NFI Incubator Program.

STUDIES

University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest, 2019-2023

Major: Motion Picture (BA)

Specialisation: Film & Television Directing

Head teachers: Attila Janisch, János Szász, Viktor Oszkár Nagy

Budapest Metropolitan University, 2016-2018

Major: Motion Picture Artist (MA)

Specialisation: Directing

Head teachers: György Pálfi, Katalin Thuróczy

Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 2012-2016

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities

Major: Liberal Arts (BA)

Specialisation: Film Theory and History

Budapest Film Academy, 2012-2015

Courses: Director, Screenwriter

LANGUAGES

Mother tongue: Hungarian, German

German

Level: Advanced

Certificate: State accredited language examination certificate (C1 combined)

English

Level: Intermediate

Certificate: State accredited language examination certificate (B2 combined)

WORKS

Director

Shorts
2024 - The Last Soul Belongs to the Devil
2022 - Winners
2019 - The Buzz
2018 - Adam Can't Breathe
2016 - Last Chance

Music videos
2021 - Paperdeer - Regularity (feat. Alumna)
2020 - Mongooz and the Magnet – Then You
2020 - universal_seed - Flora
2020 - Cz. K. Sebő - Chamomile

Commercials
2020 - Auchan - Ambition and Bosch kitchen/DIY products - Sticker collection
2019 - Falco Wood Industry Imagefilm

VR
2019 - VR Tours Budapest

Assistant Director

Feature films
2024 - Desperate Journey (Key 2nd AD) - Director: Annabel Jankel
2023 - Without Air (2nd AD) - Director: Katalin Moldovai
2022 - The Father of Herner Ferike (1st AD) - Director: Gábor Attila Kovács
2020 - Krauses Umzug (Hungarian unit: 1st AD) - Director: Bernd Böhlich
2018 - Eternal Winter (PA) - Director: Attila Szász

TV Series
2023 - Disko Bochum (2nd AD/ Shadow AD) - Director: Florian Knittel
2020 - Dr. Balaton (1st AD) - Director: Örs Koblicska, Nikol Czibulya
2019 - Bátrak földje (1st AD) - Director: Örs Koblicska, Fanni Szilágyi
2018 - 200 első randi (1st AD) - Director: Péter Fazakas, Örs Koblicska, Gergely Ipacs
2017 - Stricke Back – 6 (PA) - Director: Debs Paterson

Commercials
2023 - MPL - Christmas campaign (1st AD) - Director: Szilárd Bernáth
2023 - Spaten - “Multiverso Da forca” (Key 2nd AD) - Director: Felipe Quilici Vellasco
2023 - VenoDuo - Sandoz - (2nd AD) - Director: Áron Mátyássy
2019 - MESZK - Nursefilm 2. - (1st AD) - Director: Robert Pejó
2019 - Hajdú Grillcheese (1st AD) - Director: Zétény Vörös
2019 - Uber Night - (1st AD) - Director: Cerisara Angelo
2018 - Crimsoune Club - (1st AD) - Director: Rene Mednyánszky
2018 - Lufthansa presents the European Love Affair (PA) - Director: Eva Julia Manneke

Shorts (Notable)
2020 - Mónika Doesn't Want to Be Down on Earth (1st AD) - Director: Anna Korom
2018 - Last Call (2nd AD) - Director: Hajni Kis
2018 - Mothers Day (2nd AD) - Director: Dorka Vermes
2017 - Assaut (1st AD) - Director: Tamás Fekete
+13 additional

Publications

Bloodbrothers. Indian Westerns from East and West Germany. Filmvilág (2017) no. 6. pp. 20–23.