Ildikó Enyedi
Biography
Ildikó Enyedi is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter born in Budapest, Hungary on November 15, 1955. Known primarily for her directing work, she has directed eight feature films since 1989. Her 2017 film On Body and Soul won the top prize at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and received a nomination for a Foreign Language Academy Award. Her professional credits total twenty-two, and she is also known by the name Ільдіко Еньєді.
Career overview
Ildikó Enyedi is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter who was born in Budapest, Hungary, on November 15, 1955. Active primarily in directing, she has a recognized career spanning multiple feature films and production credits, with twenty-two known credits listed in her professional profile. Since 1989, she has directed eight feature films.
Among her notable directorial work is the 2017 film On Body and Soul. This film achieved significant international recognition by winning the top prize at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. Following its festival success, the film received a nomination for a Foreign Language Academy Award.
Throughout her career, Enyedi has established herself as a prominent figure in cinema as both a writer and director. Her professional background reflects a sustained output of feature films originating from her career beginnings in the late nineteen-eighties through her acclaimed work in 2017.
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- Silent Friend (2026) Director
- Silent Friend (2026) Writer
- Little Trouble Girls (2025) Script Consultant
- Angyaltrombiták (2023) Director
- Angyaltrombiták (2023) Creator
- My Fear in My Arms (2023) Director
- Tacheles (2021) Director
- The Story of My Wife (2021) Director
- The Story of My Wife (2021) Writer
- Talking Heads 2021 (2021) as Self
- The Conversations of Donkey and Rabbit (2020) Director
- On Body and Soul (2017) Director
- On Body and Soul (2017) Writer
- In Treatment (2012) Director
- First Love (2008) Director
- First Love (2008) Screenplay
- From Europe Into Europe (2004) as Self - Benedek Fliegauf's segment
- From Europe Into Europe (2004) Director
- Simon, the Magician (1999) Director
- Simon, the Magician (1999) Writer
- Simon, the Magician (1999) Producer
- Tamas and Juli (1997) Director
- Tamas and Juli (1997) Writer
- Kulturzeit (1995) as Self
- Magic Hunter (1994) Director
- Magic Hunter (1994) Writer
- Winter War (1991) Director
- Winter War (1991) Screenplay
- My Twentieth Century (1989) Director
- My Twentieth Century (1989) Writer
- Invasion (1986) Director
- The Mole (1985) Director
- The Mole (1985) Writer
- The Knight of the Rose (1981) Director
- Flirt: Hipnózis (1979) as Herself
- Flirt: Hipnózis (1979) Director