He was born in 1974 and lives in Budapest.
In 2003 his debut feature FOREST won the Wolfgang Staudte Prize at the Berlinale in the section Forum.
One year later he won the Berliner Zeitung Audience Award for his second movie in the same section. THE DEALER (2004) was honored by more than 20 prestigious awards amongst others FIPRESCI.
The MILKY WAY (2007) won Locarno’s Golden Leopard.
In 2010 he made his first English-language movie the WOMB with Eva Green.
His latest movie JUST THE WIND (2012) received the Jury Grand Prize at the Berlinale, the Amnesty International Film Prize and the Peace Film Award as well. At the Istanbul Festival the film won the Council of Europe Film Award.

When Rebeka and her young son, Danny, are together, they throw themselves into a world of stories and secrets. After the death of her mother, Rebeka decides to track down her estranged father. She takes Danny to places she knew as a child, inventing stories as a way of relating her dark recollections of childhood to him. While her memories start turning into demons, Rebeka and Danny carry on their dreamy journey regardless.

Berlin Film Festival, Lecce Festival of European Cinema, Minsk International Film Festival