Ildikó Enyedi

Ildikó Enyedi (born 15 November 1955) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for directing On Body and Soul, which won the Golden Bear at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, among other awards, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, representing Hungary. and also studied film in Montpellier. In the beginning, Enyedi created conceptual art and was a part of Balázs Béla Studio

Career

Enyedi won the Golden Camera award for My 20th Century at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. She began teaching at Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest (now known as the University of Theatre and Film Arts) that same year. In 1992, she was a member of the jury at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. Her 1994 film Magic Hunter was entered into the main competition at the 51st edition of the Venice Film Festival. In 2007, she was a member of the jury at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival. She received her doctorate from the University of Theatre and Film Arts in 2011.

In 2012 Enyedi was hired by HBO Europe to direct the Hungarian show Terápia, an adaptation of the Israeli show BeTipul about a therapist who spends his week helping others before getting his own psychological help. Enyedi described the project as "healing" after years of projects stuck in development hell. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, representing Hungary.

In 2018, she announced her next film would be an adaptation of The Story of My Wife, about a man who makes a bet with his friend to marry the next woman who walks into the café where they are eating. The film was adapted from a novel by Milán Füst of the same name.

She was previously the president of the Hungarian Directors' Guild.

In 2024, Enyedi was appointed Jury member at the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival for its international competition section.

Personal life Enyedi is married to author Wilhelm Droste, has two children, and lives in Budapest and Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany. In 2002 she was awarded with the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit.

Filmography Feature films

Short films The Spectator (1981) Rózsalovag (1984) New Books (1985) Mole (1985) Invasion (1986) Goblins (1988) Európából Európába (2004) Első szerelem (2008)

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Awards and nominations