Having stemmed from a Hungarian family of photographers, I subconsciously drifted towards photography from an early age whilst playing in my grandfather’s attic amidst glass plate negatives, archaic enlargers as well as his lifetimes’ back catalogue of images. By my late teens this progressively lead me to an ambition of becoming a cameraman as I started my path in the film industry, initially working as a clapper loader, then as a focus puller under many top UK DoP's.
Eventually, after achieving a BA first class degree from the London College of Printing, I completed my training at the National Film School, and have since been working as a cinematographer. Though, I am predominantly based in the UK, I work all over the world and currently rove between television drama, commercials and feature films.
FEATURE FILMS
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TOAST SJ Clarkson BBC Films / Ruby Films Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Ken Stott Producer: Faye Ward / Alison Owen
Victoria Hamilton, Freddie Highmore, Oscar Kennedy
Nominated for an HSC Cinematography Award, 2011
THE HUSBAND OBEDIENCE TRIALS Guy Browning Fullrange Films / Prod.: S. Aquerone
BOY EATS GIRL Stephen Bradley Element Films Starring Samantha Mumba, David Leon, Producer: Ed Guiney Odyssey Film Distribution [UK] Laurence Kinlan, Tadhg Murphy, Deirdre O’Kane Optimum Releasing
IT’S ALL GONE PETE TONG Mike Dowse Vertigo Films Starring Paul Kaye, Pete Tong, Redbus Film Distribution [UK] Mike Wilmot, Kate Magowan Matson Films [US]
Nominated for Achievement in Cinematography, Genie Awards, ACCT, 2006 Best Feature Film, GEN ART Film Festival, New York 2005 Best Feature Film, HBO Comedy Arts Festival, Aspen 2005 Best Canadian Feature Film, Toronto Film Festival 2004
FAKERS Richard Janes Kleparski & Bee / Callidvs Starring Matthew Rhys, Rula Lenska, Guerilla Films [UK] Art Malik, Kate Ashfield Content International [Worldwide]
STREET DANCE 2 (3D) Dania Pasquini & Max Giwa BBC Films / Vertigo Films Pick Ups / Re-shoots James Richardson & Allan Niblo
STREET DANCE (3D) Dania Pasquini & Max Giwa BBC Films 2nd Unit D.o.P. D.o.P.: Sam McCurdy BSC Vertigo Films Starring Charlotte Rampling, Nichola Burley James Richardson & Allan Niblo
CENTURION Neil Marshall Pathe 2nd Unit D.o.P. D.o.P.: Sam McCurdy BSC Celador Films Starring Dominic West, Christian Colson, Robert Jones Michael Fassbender, Olga Kurylenko
DREAD Anthony DiBlasi Cinema Three 2nd Unit D.o.P. D.o.P.: Sam McCurdy BSC Matador Pictures Starring Shaun Evans, Regent Capital Jackson Rathbone Nigel Thomas, Joe Daley, Jorge Sralegui
THE DESCENT II Jon Harris Celador Films Additional Camerawork D.o.P.: Sam McCurdy BSC Filmgate Starring Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Jackson Mendoza
ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL Sacha Gervasi The Works UK / Abramorama Additional Cinematography D.o.P.: Chris Soos CSC Sacha Gervasi & Rebecca Yeldham
COLD AND DARK Andrew Goth Cold Films 2nd Unit D.o.P. D.o.P.: Sam McCurdy BSC Starring Luke Goss, Matt Lucas, Kevin Howarth
MEAN MACHINE Barry Skolnik SKA Films Additional Photography Starring Vinnie Jones, Danny Dyer, D. Kelly
PLATO’S BREAKING POINT Nigel Barker Robark Pictures 2nd Unit D.o.P. & “B” - Camera Operator
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TELEVISION DRAMAS
director production company THE POISON TREE - [1 x 100 min] Marek Losey STV / ITV Drama Starring MyAnna Buring, Matthew Goode Producer: Madonna Baptiste Ophelia Lovibond, Ralph Brown
TOUCH OF CLOTH II - [1 x 100 min] Jim O’Hanlon SKY Comedy Starring John Hannah, Suranne Jones Producer: Matt Chaplin Stephen Dillane, Anna Chancellor Exec. Prod.: Charlie Brooker
HOMEFRONT - Episodes 1 & 2 - [2 x 60 min] Terry McDonough ITV 1 / ITV Studios Starring Claire Skinner, Claire Higgins, Greg Wise Producer: Kim Crowther Antonia Thomas, Nicola Stevenson
THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE - [1 x 90 min] James Strong BBC / Mammoth Screen A biopic of Kenny Everett’s life. Producer: Paul Frift Starring Oliver Lansley, Katherine Kelly, Simon Callow
HUNTED (NEMESIS) - Episodes 1, 2, 5 & 6 - [4 x 60 min] SJ Clarkson HBO / BBC / Kudos Film & TV Starring Melissa George, Stephen Campbell Moore Arick Riley Producer: Eliza Mellor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Morven Christie, Exec. Prod.: Frank Spotnitz
Adam Rayner, Stephen Dillane, Patrick Malahide
JUST HENRY - [1 x 120 min] David Moore ITV Studios Starring Josh Bolt, Elaine Cassidy Producer: Paul Frift Dean Andrews, Sheila Hancock Exec. Prod.: Kate Bartlett
FRESH MEAT - Episodes 1,2 & 3 [3 x 45 min] David Kerr Objective Productions / Channel 4 Starring Greg McHugh, Joe Thomas, Jack Whitehall Producer: Rhonda Smith Zawe Ashton, Charlotte Ritchie, Kimberley Nixon
Winner, Best Comedy Programme British Comedy Awards, 2011 Nominated, RTS Award for Best Scripted Comedy, 2012
SPOOKS X - Episodes 3 & 4 [2 x 60 min] Julian Holmes Kudos Film & TV / BBC Starring Max Brown, Peter Firth, Mel Raido Producer: Chris Fry Nicola Walker, Simon Russell Beale
DR WHO SERIES 11 – Episode 5, 6 & 12 [3 x 45 min] Julian Simpson BBC Drama Starring Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Steve Hughes Producer: Marcus Wilson Raquel Cassidy, James Corden
DIRK GENTLY – Pilot Episode [1 x 60 min] Damon Thomas ITV Studios / BBC Drama Starring Steve Mangan, Darren Boyd, Producer: Chris Carey Helen Baxendale, Jason Watkins
ASHES TO ASHES III - Episodes 5 & 6 [2 x 60 min] David Drury Kudos Film & TV / BBC Starring Keeley Hawes, Phil Glenister Producer: Howard Burch Danny Mays, Dean Andrews, Marshall Lancaster
ON THE TRACKS / AR Y TRACS [90 min] Ed Talfan Tidy Productions / Starring Ruth Jones Producer: Ruth Jones / David Peet
CONSUMING PASSION [90 min] Dan Zeff BBC Drama & Serials Starring Jodie Whittaker, Danny Mays, Producer: Ben Evans Emilia Fox, Olivia Coleman, Patrick Baladi Exec. Prod.: John York
WHITECHAPEL [3 x 60 min] SJ Clarkson Carnival Films / ITV Starring Rupert Penry Jones, Phil Davis, Producer: Marcus Wilson Claire Rushbrook, Alex Jennings Exec. Prod.: Sally Woodwood Gentle
GUNRUSH [120 min] Richard Clark ITV Productions Starring Timothy Spall, Deborah Findlay, Producer: Emma Benson David Harewood, Paul Kaye, Jacob Anderson Exec. Prod.: Kate Bartlett
LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD – Ep. 1 - 8 [8 x 60 min] Charlie Palmer BBC Drama & Serials Starring Julia Sawalha, Brendan Coyle, Liz Smith, Marc Jobst Producer: Grainne Marmion Olivia Hallinan, Danny Webb, Mark Heap, Ben Miles John Greening Exec. Prod.: Sue Hogg Claudie Blakley, Claire Skinner, Ben Daniels
MISTRESSES - Episodes 1 & 2 [2 x 60 min] SJ Clarkson Ecosse Films / BBC Starring Sarah Parish, Orla O’Brady, Shelley Conn Producer: Lowri Glain Sharon Small, Max Brown, Patrick Baladi Exec. Prod.: Douglas Rae
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TELEVISION DRAMAS (Continued)
HUSTLE IV - Episodes 4 & 5 [2 x 60 min] Stefan Schwartz Kudos Film & TV / BBC Starring Ashley Walters, Robert Vaughn, Producer: Jolyon Symonds Marc Warren, Robert Glenister, Jaime Murray Exec. Prod.: Simon Crawford Collins
LIFE ON MARS 2 - Episodes 1 - 6 [6 x 60 min] SJ Clarkson Kudos Film & TV / BBC Starring John Simm, Philip Glenister, Richard Clark Producer: Cameron Roach Liz White, Marc Warren, Kevin McNally, Eva Pope Andrew Gunn Exec. Prod.: Jane Featherstone
International EMMY® Award for Best Drama Series, 2008
STAN [60 min] Jon Sen BBC Drama & Serials Starring Trevor Cooper, Jim Norton, Producer: Ben Evans
THE FAMILY MAN - 3 Episode Mini Series [3 x 60 min] John Strickland BBC Drama & Serials Starring Trevor Eve, Michelle Collins, Claire Skinner Producer: Sarah Brown Daniela Denby-Ashe, Peter McDonald Exec. Prod.: Sally Haynes
LIFE ON MARS - Episodes 6 & 7 [2 x 60 min] SJ Clarkson Kudos Film & TV / BBC Starring John Simm, Philip Glenister, Producer: Claire Parker Liz White, Joe Duttine Exec. Prod.: Jane Featherstone
Audience Pioneer Award, BAFTA, 2007 Highly Commended as Best Drama Series, Broadcast Awards, 2007 Best New Programme, Broadcast Awards, 2007 International EMMY® Award for Best Drama Series, 2006 Best Continuing Series, BANFF World Television Awards, 2006
HUSTLE II - Episodes 5 & 6 [2 x 60 min] John Strickland Kudos Film & TV / BBC Starring Adrian Lester, Robert Vaughn, Producer: Karen Wilson Marc Warren, Robert Glenister, Jaime Murray Exec. Prod.: Simon Crawford Collins Max Beesley Warner Bros. - DVD Distribution
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SHORT FILMS
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JASON MANFORD’S LITTLE CRACKER Mustapha Kseibati Lindsay Salt/ Left Bank Pictures ALICE Marianne Elliott Faye Ward / Ruby Films
ON THE UPSIDE Peter Bunzl Face Productions THE LOST BOY Ben Woolf Happyness Pictures SREDNI VASHTAR Angela M. Murray BBC Scotland / Scottish Screen British Film Festival, Hong Kong, 2004 Cardiff Screen Festival, 2004 Viewfinders International Film Festival, 2004 Short listed for Kodak Showcase, 2003 Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2003
REMOTE CONTROL Dusan Tolmac Stink
SWAN SONG Nicholas Bone DigiCult / Film Council THE CHOIR Angela M. Murray BBC Scotland / Scottish Screen Best Short, Chicago International Children's Film Festival (Academy Accredited), 2003 Official Selection Tribeca Festival New York, 2003 BAFTA (Scotland) Best Short Film & TV Craft, 2002 BAFTA (Scotland) Best Short Film Director, 2002
BROWN LIKE ME Wade A. Jacks British Film Council
DREAM THIEF Nicola Levinsky Salad Films
THE CAVENDISH PROFILE Matt Wolf Bright Yellow Films
ROOM SERVICE Sylvie Bringas Halo Productions / Channel 4 DANCE FLOOR Daniel Mulloy Spectre Films
BAFTA (Wales), 2002 D.M. Davis Award, 2001
THE FALL Ed Horgan NFTS / Film Four
BROKEN BONES Mmoloki Chrystie NFTS / Film Four
LULLABY Dusan Tolmac Man Made Features
REPRESENTATIVE RADIO Richard Janes Quartet Films / Callidvs
UNDERBELLY Mmoloki Chrystie NFTS / Film Four
THE LEGEND OF LILI & LIZI Shufern Lin Prod.: Sarah Bradshaw / Tara Arts
KINO Daniel Mitchell LCPDT
ROOT CANAL TREATMENT Kaisa Pylkannen Kino Prods. Helsinki / YLE
THE WEDDING Marcia Green Fuji Scholarship
BLACK ROAD Michael Stevenson LCPDT
WALLY Ewan Bruce Cholly Film
COMMERCIALS & IDENTS
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STRONGBOW GOLD (Budapest) Ben Woolf The Cap Gun Collective NOKIA LUMIA Ben Woolf The Cap Gun Collective MCDONALDS Ben Woolf Pulse Films / VCCP TUBORG – THE CHANGING EAR Ben Woolf Pulse Films / M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertain. YAHOO – FOOTBALL WORLD CUP Ben Woolf Pulse FIlms DORITOS Pete Bradley Upstart FIlms UNIVERSAL GLOBAL NETWORKS X-MAS IDENTS D. Aldridge & S. McKenzie NBC UNIVERSAL GLOBAL NETWORKS GERMALOIDS / BAYER Stephen Pipe Another Film Co. / AMV BBDO CAPTAIN SCARLET - BANDAI Bill Clark Origami Films BUBBLE - BANDAI Bill Clark Origami Films NISSAN Ben Woolf TBWA COMMONWEALTH EDUCATIONAL IDENT Ben Woolf Happyness Picture NUTS MAGAZINE Steven Riley AMV BBDO DUNHILL - 2004 NEW DESIGNERS Michael Cleary Inca Productions WALKERS - MONSTER MUNCH Steven Riley Treatment / AMV BBDO PRIDE FOODS Jackson Pat Scene Productions MUDDY FOX BIKES Ben Sedley Garretts FACONNABLE Dusan Tolmac Katy Barker Agency BT Paul Kirsop 19TV SOLSTIS Dusan Tolmac Bonnier Productions Featured in SHOTS 64 – May 2001 NSPCC Jacqui Christian Inca Productions PERRIER Ed Horgan BBC / STAR*POEMS James Berridge Greenwich Films
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MUSIC VIDEOS
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ADAM F Nick Bartleet Pixelloft / Universal Island Records
“When The Rain is Gone” KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES Nick Bartleet Pixelloft / Roadrunner Records
“Not in this World” STINE RICHARDS Balazs Bolygo BA Music Group
“That 80's Song” STINE RICHARDS Nour Wazzi BA Music Group
“Popstar” COLIN MACINTYRE a.k.a. MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY Balazs Bolygo Future Gods Recordings
“Cape Wrath”
COLIN MACINTYRE a.k.a. MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY Balazs Bolygo Future Gods Recordings
“You're a Star”
PERSIAN PRINCES Ali Marco Zamani AZ Productions, Sweden MARTIN GRECH Corin Hardy White House Pictures
“Guiltless” KEANE Corin Hardy White House Pictures
“She Has No Time” ELLIS Arran Bowyn Mad Planet “Blind” ROSALIE DEIGHTON Dusan Tolmac Plug Prods. / Katy Barker Agency
“Bruised” STINA NORDENSTAM Dusan Tolmac Plug Prods. / Katy Barker Agency “Everyone Else in the World” PROMO - August 2001
HUT Dusan Tolmac Creed Productions
“Baby Love” THE DHARMAS Max Votolato Rhythm King Records “Three Miles High”
DOCUMENTARIES
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FIRE IN BABYLON Steven Riley Passion Pictures / Cowboy Films ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL (London Unit) Sacha Gervasi Prod.: Sacha Gervasi / Rebecca Yeldham AIRPORT Gerald Lorenz BBC Documentaries F. Grant / S. Russell THE OUTSIDER Paul Gainey NFTS / Tiger Aspect David Shayler’s Exile SMELL Lara Agnew NFTS Additional Photography Jenni Linko THE PEASENHALL MURDER Paul Gainey NFTS
PROFILE
Member of the Hungarian Society of Cinematographers (HSC) since 2009. Graduated as Cinematographer from the National Film & Television School, UK - MICHAEL SAMUELSON SCHOLAR (2001) First Class B.A. Honours Degree in Film & Video (Specialisation: Cinematography), London College of Printing, UK (1998) NVQ in Camera Direction LEVEL FOUR (2002) Fluent in English, German & Hungarian Dual British and Hungarian Citizen
WORK FEATURED IN
Shots, Promo, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, New York Times, Empire Magazine, New York Post, Televisual, Kodak In Camera, Exposure (FUJI) Magazine, Broadcast Magazine, Sony Magazine
AGENTS: LONDON ZURICH & CENTRAL EUROPE PRAGUE & CENTRAL EUROPE
CHRIS SMITH & RACHAEL TAYLOR SARIDA BOSSONI NICK SAWARD INDEPENDENT TALENT AGENCY FOR DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY DRIVEN BY CREATIVES TEL.:+44 (0)207 034 2132 TEL.:+41 (0)79 279 11 99 TEL.:+420 220 912 306 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]