Magyari Zsolt

Zsolt Magyari is a cinematic storyteller with a multidisciplinary background. He has contributed to the making of numerous fiction films and documentaries in Germany, Romania, United Kingdom, and Hungary as cinematographer (Government of Children, My life rehearsed in one leg, The cork justifies the means) and as stereographer (The Forbidden Girl, Lost Place, The blood we saw, A New Normal). He has directed music videos (for Seksendört, Tors), short films and documentaries (The Hero, Peking).
He has been guest lecturer of stereoscopic cinematography at Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, dffb Berlin, Filmakademie Baden Württemberg, SSR Manchester and is the co-founder of Stereographer Ltd. that creates high-end technology for stereoscopic filming.
He studied cinematography at the Romanian and Hungarian national film schools and has a M.Sc. degree in Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Geographical Information Systems from the Technical University of Budapest.

STUDIES
2005-2009 Diploma in Cinematography, National University of Theater and Film “I. L. Caragiale” Bucharest www.unatc.ro
2007-2008 CEEPUS scholarship, Cinematography University of Theater and Film Arts Budapest www.szfe.hu/en/
2007 Observant, Budapest Cinematography Masterclass with Vilmos Zsigmond and Ragalyi Elemer www.bpmasterclass.hu/bcm_2007/
2009 Aristoteles Documentary Film Workshop Sibiel Documentary film workshop organized by ARTE and Romanian National TV www.aworkshop.org Mentors: Thierry Garrel, Jennifer Fox, Raffi Pitts, Simon Brooks
1995-2003 Master of Science in Geoinformatics and Surveying Engineering Budapest University of Technology and Economics www.bme.hu Final Thesis: 3D Digital Terrain Modeling and Digital Image processing.

Membership: MADOKE, FILMJUS

Language skills:
Hungarian, English, German, Romanian

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

Mintaapák, 2019, cinematographer TV series, 32 shows, TV2 IKO / The Whole Picture, 2019, cinematographer and stereographer, short, director Gyöngyi Fazekas / Orange Passport, 2019, cinematographer, short, director Gyöngyi Fazekas / Government of Children, 2019, cinematographer, documentary, director Ioana Mischie / A New Normal, 2019, stereographer short film, director Luzie Loose / My Life Rehearsed in One Leg, 2018, cinematographer and stereographer, feature film, director Bogdan Mustata / 1984, 2018, director-cinematographer, documentary / Love Me, Fear Me, 2018 , stereographer consultant, stop motion animation short film, director Veronica Solomon / The Blood We Saw, 2017, stereographer, documentary, director Josephine Links / Tors: Hold Me, 2016, director-cinematographer, music video / Seksendört: Hangimiz, 2015, director-cinematographer, music video / Seksendört: Acemiler, 2015, director-cinematographer / De Ce Eu? / Why Me?, 2015, camera operator, 2nd unit cinematographer, feature film, director Tudor Giurgiu / Dopul Scuza Mijloacele, 2015, cinematographer, short film, director Mihai Ionescu / Szondi, 2015, cinematographer, director Krisztián Bárány / Lost Place, 2013, stereographer, feature film, director Thor Klein / Our Neighbors (Slovakia), 2013, cinematographer, documentary, director Ákos Zámborszki / The Forbidden Girl, 2012, stereographer, feature film, director Till Hastreiter / Snowleopard Gets Back on His Feet, 2011, camera operator, documentary, director András Kollmann / Opposite attractions: Beijing 2010 , director-cinematographer, documentary / Ela, 2009, cinematographer, short fiction, director Tudor Jurgiu / Adrenaline & Turbulance, 2009, cinematographer, documentary, director András Kollmann / Intimate headshot, 2008, camera operator, feature film, director Péter Szajki / The Bull, the Tiger and the Lion, 2008, cinematographer, short film, director Mihály Schwechtje / Eroul, 2007, short film director-cinematographer / Otthonom Tarnabod, 2005, cinematographer, documentary, director Eszter Hajdú