ORSI NAGYPÁL

Scriptwriter and director
Jury of 2023

She graduated at the London Film School in 2010, and has written and directed four short films in Hungary and abroad which have competed at a number of international film festivals. Working on her own scripts, she spent more than a year visiting European script workshops, and then started her professional career at HBO Hungary as a director. After the success of the Hungarian adaptation of In Treatment, she worked on two more tv series at home. In 2022, she had the opportunity to direct two episodes of the US-made sci-fi series The Ark, after working on three seasons of the fantasy series The Outpost.

She has made two feature films so far, with the dramedy Open also written by her and favourably received by both critics and audiences. Now she works as director on the international co-production Hunyadi - Rise of the Raven, a historical series to be premiered at the end of 2024.