Zoltán Kovács

Assistant professor

KovacsZGraduated at the University of Theatre and Film Art as Film and Television editor in 2006. Since then he has been working continuously in all genres: short and feature films, trailers, video clips, and advertisements. He has cooperated with prestigious Hungarian directors such as Nimród Antal, Márk Bodzsár, Attila Gigor, Krisztina Goda, Lajos Koltai, and Árpád Sopsits. He is member of the Hungarian Society of Editors (HSE), founding member of the Hungarian Film Academy, and served as a board member on the Béla Balázs Award committee. He is co-founder of the Post Office Films Studio. His achievements as editor have been awarded by a number of prizes at the Hungarian Film Week (2008: for the film The Detective), and by the Hungarian Film Academy (2017: for Strangled), (2018: for The Whiskey Bandit).

Selected works

  • 2018 Zsombor Dyga: Aranyélet 3. (Golden Life, 1 ep., HBO)
  • 2017 Nimród Antal: Viszkis (The Whiskey Bandit)
  • 2016 Árpád Sopsits : A martfűi rém (Strangled)
  • 2016 Dániel Reich: Záridő
  • 2016 Isti Madarász: Hurok (Loop)
  • 2015 Krisztina Goda: Veszettek (Home Guards)
  • 2013 Dénes Orosz: Coming Out
  • 2013 Márk Bodzsár: Isteni műszak (Heavenly Shift)
  • 2011 Áron Mátyássy: Tanár úr, kérem
  • 2009 Dénes Orosz: Poligamy
  • 2009 Dávid Spáh: A szikék szépe (Miss Plastic, HBO )
  • 2009 Áron Mátyássy: Utolsó idők (Lost Times)
  • 2008 Krisztina Goda: Kaméleon (Chameleon)
  • 2007 Dániel Erdélyi: 411-Z
  • 2007 Attila Gigor: A nyomozó (The Investigator)
  • 2007 Róbert Koltai: Megy a gőzös (Train Keeps a Rollin’)
  • 2006 Dénes Orosz: Melletted
  • 2006 Zoltán Gergely: Szupermosás
  • 2005 Katalin Mészáros: Hatemelet tiszta üveg
  • 2002 Iván Kapitány: Limonádé (TV-sorozat)

Areas of Teaching / Courses Taught

  • The theory and practice of editing
  • Implementation of postproduction workflows
  • Script development

Contact information

  • e-mail: dvefilm _at_ gmail com
  • office: main building, 2nd floor 250.
  • consultation time