Nimród Antal

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Nimród Antal at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International

Nimród E. Antal (born November 30, 1973 in Los Angeles , California ) is a Hungarian - American director , screenwriter and actor .

Life

Antal grew up in Los Angeles as a child of Hungarian parents. In 1991, on the recommendation of his father, he moved to Hungary, where he studied at the Budapest Academy of Drama and Film (Színház- és Filmművészeti Főiskola). After completing his studies, he worked in film and television productions.

In 2003 he made his feature film debut Kontroll . The film, which takes place exclusively in the Budapest metro system , was based on a script that Antal wrote together with Jim Adler . The film received numerous awards, including the Prix ​​de la Jeunesse 2004, the Young Talent Award at the Cannes Film Festival , the Golden Hugo at the Chicago Film Festival , the Golden Swan at the Copenhagen Film Festival , the Audience Award at the Warsaw International Film Festival and the FIPRESCI Award at Film Festival Cottbus .

In 2005 he returned to Los Angeles. He made his US debut in 2007 in the Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson - starred horror thriller Motel . The action thriller Armored followed in 2009 . In 2010, producer Robert Rodriguez entrusted him to direct the science fiction film Predators .

Afterwards Antal turned the 3D - concert film Metallica Through the Never for the band Metallica , which appeared in September, 2013.

Filmography

Director
Screenwriter
  • 2003: control
  • 2013: Metallica Through the Never (concert film)
actor
  • 1999: Roarsch (short film)
  • 1999: Közel a szerelemhez
  • 2000: Balra a nap nyugszik
  • 2001: Öcsögök
  • 2003: Posztkatona (short film)
  • 2010: machete

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personal data
SURNAME Antal, Nimród
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Antal, Nimród E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian-American director, screenwriter, and actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California , United States