ABOUT
Ambrus Fatér has been working as a professional film director, writer and DOP for ten years. He graduated from the University of Theatre and Film Arts in the class of Bence Miklauzic and András Salamon, under the mentorship of Ildikó Enyedi, Bence Fliegauf.
Since then he has gained extensive experience in the creation of commercials, music videos, documentaries and feature films. His graduate film “Collapsed Lung” has received both national and international recognition, winning the Grand Prix at Gdańsk’s Euroshorts Festival in 2017.
His first documentary feature has a world premiere in PÖFF Tallinn, and take place at the official competition section DOC NYC at New York, USA.
Over the years the director has developed his abilities into a level of expertise that allows him to tell stories with a unique, creative, and sensitive perspective.
Before his film studies, he studied sociology at ELTE Budapest. He has a political and socially sensitive perspective.
He participated in the national movement of the Hallgatói Hálózat, and was subsequently one of the founders of the Gólya cooperative.
He was the drummer of Csaknekedkislány during ten years.
WORKS
film & documentary
Black Mass - Feature Documentary for atlatszo.hu - Director, DOP - 2026
Taste of democracy – Feature Documentary (RTL Klub, HBO) – Director, DOP — 2020 – 2026
MOME Series – Documentary series – Director, Cinematographer — 2022 – 2023
Collapsed Lung (Légmell) – Short film – Director — 2017
A Better Future (Szebb jövőt) – Documentary – Director — 2014
tv series
Doktor Balaton – TV series (TV2) – Lead Director — 2021
Oltári Csajok – TV series (RTL Klub) – Director — 2018
tv commercials
Profession.hu - tv commercial - Director, DOP - 2026
BMW - tv commercial - Director, DOP - 2025
Samsung flagship – online campaigne – Director, DOP — 2025
Erste Bank - online campaigne – Director, DOP — 2025
Allianz - online campaigne – Director, DOP — 2025
MBH Bank tv commercial - Director - 2023
World Athletics Championships – Worldwide TV commercial – Director — 2023
OTP Bank – TV commercial – Director — 2020
K&H Bank – TVC and internal film – Director — 2018 – 2019
AWARDS
Magashegyi Underground – Máshol táncol, 2022 (music video)
Best Cinematography Nominee – Klipszemle Hungarian National Music Video Festival, Budapest (2022)
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Csaknekedkislány – Féltél szeretni, 2020 (music video)
Best Music Video Nominee – Klipszemle Hungarian National Music Video Festival, Budapest (2020)
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Collapsed Lung, 2017 (short feature)
Film Festival Cottbus - Panorama 2019
26th International Film Festival Euroshorts 2017, Grand Prix
Special Mention at Friss Hús International Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary 2016
15th Nahal International Student Short Film Festival nominee, Teheran, Iran 2018
Mediawave International Festival nominee, Komarom, Hungary 2018
Febiofest International Film Festival nominee, Bratislava, Slovakia 2018
Alter Native International Film Festival nominee, Tirgu Mures, Romania 2017
Cameraimage International Film Festival nominee, Totrun, Poland 2017
International Short Film Festival in Drama nominee, Drama, Greece 2017
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The Qualitons - Shallow, 2017 (music video)
Best concept - Klipszemle Hungarian National Music Video Festival, Budapest, Hungary 2018
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Csaknekedkislány - NYRF, 2016 (music video)
Best story - Klipszemle Hungarian National Music Video Festival, Budapest, Hungary 2018
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Csaknekedkislány - Tihany, 2015 (music video)
Best directing - Klipszemle Hungarian National Music Video Festival, Budapest, Hungary 2016
Best music video - Klipszemle Hungarian National Music Video Festival, Budapest, Hungary 2016
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(halál;orgazmus) - Őssejtmámor, 2015 (musci video)
Best directing nomenee
CONTACT
+36 20 955 3058