Réka Pigniczky

Réka Pigniczky is a Hungarian–American journalist, documentary film director and producer.
She worked as a television news producer for the Associated Press (1998–2012), based in New York, Washington, D.C., and later Budapest.

Réka co-founded 56Films (2005) and the Memory Project Visual History Archive (2015). She is also the founder of the California European Cultural Initiative (2012) and the Hungarian Film Festival of San Francisco (2012–2017).

Filmography
Six of her earlier films explore the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, emigration, and dual identity. Her film 'Hazatérés' ('Journey Home', 2006) won the Schiffer Pál Award at the 38th Hungarian Film Week and screened at numerous international film festivals. Her film 'Inkubátor' was selected among the top 25 films released theatrically in Hungary in 2010.

Other works include:
'Kaláka: From the Carpathians to the Caribbean' (2024),
'56/Z' (2023),
'Memory Project 1956/2021' (2021),
'Lövészek' ('Cold Warriors", 2017),
'Megmaradni' ('Heritage', 2012),
'László Hudec: The Man Who Built Shanghai' (2010)
'Kazár: From the Cradle to the Grave' (2009).

Education
MA in International Affairs and Journalism (Columbia University, New York, 1998)
MA in Political Science (Central European University, Budapest, 1995)
BA in Political Science and Spanish Studies (University of California, San Diego, 1992)

Memberships
International Documentary Association (IDA),
Documentary Association of Europe
Hungarian Documentary Association (MADOKE)

Languages
English, Hungarian, Spanish