Mark Kis-Szabo
- Writer
- Producer
- Script and Continuity Department
Mark is an accomplished screenwriter with more than two decades of experience in film and television. His recent credits include the historical epic "Now or Never!" (2024) and the comedy "Bachelor Party" (2026), both of which ranked among the three most-watched Hungarian films at the domestic box office in their respective release years. His action comedy "Budapest Heist" was the highest-attended Hungarian film of 2020.
The screenplay for his historical adventure "Hadik" is held in the Core Collection of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Margaret Herrick Library. Mark was a finalist in the 2018 Biennale College Cinema program in Venice with "Replaceable." He won HBO's Screenwriting Competition in 1999 with "Badi Meller," which had previously received the Best Dialogue award at Budapest's inaugural Open Film Festival in 1997. His family adventure "In the Name of Sherlock Holmes" won Best Film for Ages 10-13 at the Stockholm Junior Film Festival in 2013.
The screenplay for his historical adventure "Hadik" is held in the Core Collection of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Margaret Herrick Library. Mark was a finalist in the 2018 Biennale College Cinema program in Venice with "Replaceable." He won HBO's Screenwriting Competition in 1999 with "Badi Meller," which had previously received the Best Dialogue award at Budapest's inaugural Open Film Festival in 1997. His family adventure "In the Name of Sherlock Holmes" won Best Film for Ages 10-13 at the Stockholm Junior Film Festival in 2013.
