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József Gallai

Biography

József Gallai

Overview

  • Born
    January 22, 1988 · Sopron, Hungary
  • Height
    6′ 3¼″ (1.91 m)

Mini bio

  • Best known for his found footage films, mysterious story lines and surprise endings.

    Since 2015, he has been directing films in English, which have garnered him more than 140 festival awards and nominations.

    During his career, he has worked with Eric Roberts, Sally Kirkland, Larry Hankin, Tom Sizemore, Andrew Divoff, Bill Oberst Jr., James Duval, Robert LaSardo and Simon Bamford.
    - IMDb mini biography by: w0lfm4n

Family

  • Spouse
      Beáta Boldog(September 1, 2017 - present) (2 children)
  • Children
      Zsófia Gallai
      Péter Gallai

Trademarks

  • Often uses handheld camera in his movies.
  • Deals with couples and their personal problems: Ádám és Éva (2010), Csendes változás (2012), Exitus (2013), Perihelion (2015), A Guidebook to Killing Your Ex (2016).
  • Lengthy, uncut (sometimes more than a minute) shots while the characters walk on the screen.
  • Found footage films.

Trivia

  • His role models are Gus Van Sant, Jamin Winans and M. Night Shyamalan.
  • His favorite movies are Duel (1971), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Sixth Sense (1999), The Patriot (2000), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Lady in the Water (2006), Click (2006), Ink (2009), Cloud Atlas (2012), How I Live Now (2013), Coherence (2013), The Invitation (2015) and A Ghost Story (2017).
  • Writer and co-director of Hungary's first feature length found footage horror Bodom (2014).
  • Often works with frequent collaborators Roy McClurg Jr., Gergö Elekes and Bálint Szántó.
  • His all time favourite actors are Adrien Brody and Philip Seymour Hoffman as well as he very much loves Marcia Gay Harden.

Quotes

  • I do not make movies to be famous or even make an attempt to be famous. I shoot movies, because I would like to forget for a while how small, vulnerable and forgettable person I am.

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