CLAUDIA KOVÁCS
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Master Classes
2020 Alexander Trauner Art Film Festival
Jury of Feature Film
Masterclass by Claudia Kovács/ Transit in cinema
2015 Talents of Sarajevo
Cinematography Master Class with Fred Kelemen
Participant
Feature Film
2021 Magyar Golgota
Dir: Zsolt Pozsgai
d.o.p.
2019 Midsommar
Director: Ari Arister
D.o.p.: Pawel Pogorzelski
B-Reel/ Proton Cult
c camera operator
2019 Romeo and Juliet
Director: Michael Nunn William Trevitt
Kenneth Macmillan!s production of The Royal Ballet
b camera operator
2018 Megszállottak/ Devoted tv film
director: Zsolt Pozsgai
d.o.p.
2017 Bad Poems
director: Gábor Reisz
underwater camera operator
2016 Cop Mortem
director: Joe Kovalik
d.o.p. :Aszalos Botond, Claudia Koväcs
McLoad Film
2016 Szabadonczok tv film
director: Zsolt Pozsgai
d.o.p.
Horatio Film Company
2016 Sarajevo Songs of Woe
I. Blue Ballad for Lovers
Ii. Blue Psalm for Wolves
III. Blue Rondo for Survivors
director: Fred Kelemen
d.o.p.: Fred Kelemen
cinematographer
KINO KOMBAT Filmmanufactur
Obala Art Centar
Talents Sarajevo 2014/2015
2014- Son of Saul
director: László Nemes Jeles
d.o.p.: Mátyás Erdélyi HSC
camera operator (rehearsals)
Laokoon Film Group
Won:
Academy Awards USA 2016-
Oscar Best Foreign Language Film
Golden Globe USA 2016
Cannes Film Festival 2015
2013-2014 For some inexplicable reason
director: Gábor Reisz
camera operator
Proton Film Production
2007 Hellboy II. The golden army
director: Guillermo del Toro
d.o.p.:Guillermo Navarro
camera trainee
Universal Pictures Prod.
Serie
2019 Treadstone
Main Unit
b camera operator
Action Unit
c camera operator
2019 The Ambassador
b camera operator
B Academy, Paprika Studios
2014- Propaganda
d.o.p.
2012 Borvacsora
director: Krstan Petrucz
d.o.p.: Róbert Maly
camera operator
Bell&Partners Prod.
In Treatment/ Season 1
directors: Ildikó Enyedi, Attila Gigor
d.o.p.: Tibor Máthé HSC
a camera operator
HBO Prod.
2006 Robin Hood, BBC Prod.
camera trainee
Short
2016 FEL!
Director: Csaba Nemes
d.o.p.
2012 Deepbreath
Director, d.o.p., writer, producer
University of Theater and Film Art Budapest
associate director: Péter Fazakas
Nominated:
61. De San Sebastian Festival/ Spain
13.GoEast Film Festival/ Germany
Dazzo Friss Hús/ Budapest
Florence Film Festival/ Italy
Hrabal PUBlished Shortfilm Competition/ Czech
15. Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival
9.Busho Short Film Festival/ Budapest
FICMEC 6 Beirut International Film Festival
2011 Némafilm
director: Csaba Nemes, fine artist
d.o.p.
2010 Állj ide!
director: Csaba Nemes, fine artist
d.o.p.
2009 Puhányok
director: Csaba Nemes, fine artist
Filmpositive Prod.
d.o.p.
2009 Halotti beszéd
director: Péter Szeiler
d.o.p.
Nominated: 41. Hungarian Film Festival
Documentary
2020 - 2158 Historier om en almindelig mand
Danish Film Institute, Tambo Film prod.
dir: Ida Marie Gedbjerg Sørensen
dop.
2019 Euphoria of Being
director: Réka Szabó
d.o.p.
Campfilm company, Tünet Együttes, ForCut
Win: Hungarian Filmdpreis 2020.best documentary
58. Locarno Film Festival
Grand Prize/ Semaine de la Critique
25 Sarajevo Film Festival
Human Rights Award
2018 BP Underground
director: Eszter Turán, Anna Koltay
d.o.p.
2018 Idegek játéka
director: Árpád Sopsits
d.o.p.
2017 - USC Shoah Foundation
Survivors Testamonies
d.o.p.
2017 Old Present in Today's Past
director, d.o.p.: Claudia Kovács
2017 Mecseki láthatatlanok
director: Zsolt Pozsgai
d.o.p.
Horatio Film Production
2013-2014 Ha bírsz/ Impasse
director: Zsófia Szilágyi
d.o.p.
Campfilm production
Nominated:
Colours Film Festival 2.0, 2014
Budoku Budapest Documentary Film Festival 2014
Amsterdam Instituto de Italiano
2011-2013 Besence Open
director: Kristóf Kovács
d.o.p: Dávid Szepesi, Márton Vízkelety, Claudia Kovács Laokoon Film Group
Nominated:
20. Sarajevo Film Festival 2014
Selected project DOC.INCUBATOR 2013-2014
IDFA 2014
One world 2014, Praha
ZAG.REB.DOX International Documentary Film Festival
CIFF38, Cleveland International Film Festival 2014
Budoku Budapest Documentary Film Festival
2011 Lóczy, ahol a kicsik nagyok lesznek
director: Bernard Martino
d.o.p.
French Television Production
2007 Eszter
Director, d.o.p., writer, producer
Nominated: 39. Hungarian Film Festival
Music Video
2015 KVB/ Never enough
Director: Peter Strickland
d.o.p.
Mindwax Production
2014 AWS/Budapest
director: Örs Koblicska
d.o.p.: Dani Bálint
underwater camera: Claudia Kovács
2014 Erez Mazri street atr
director: Erez Mazri choreographer
d.o.p.
Tel Aviv
2013 - Locomotiv-Rozsda
director: Bálint Szimler
d.o.p.: Bálint Nagy
camera operator
Filmfabriq Prod.
2009 Eric Sumo/ Disco in my head
director: Péter Fazakas
d.o.p.
Filmpositive Production
Commercial
2021 Omron
Umbrella Collective Agency
underwater operator
2021 Prada
McCann Paris Agency, Kind Paris
Pioneer Production Company
Social Media Content dir, dop.
2019 Calcisol
Kolibri Pictures
dop.
2019 Taco Bell XBOX
dir. Henry Hobson
Pioneer Advertasing Agency
B cam operator
2018 TalentUno Spot
Mindwax Company
dir./ d.o.p.
2018 Clark Hotel image film
Kolibri Pictures
d.o.p.
2018 Bosch
second unit dop.
Fischer Appelt
Moviebar Production
2018 Solinfo Lighting Embassy
image film
director, d.o.p.
2017 Randstadt
d.o.p.
Kolibri Pictures
2017 XXLutz
Social advertisement
d.o.p.
Moviebar Production
2017 Adrienne Feller
Beauty Campaign/ Season 1.
Kolibri Pictures
d.o.p.
2017 Light Inn Spot
director, d.o.p.
2017 E-On Green Traffic Light man
Pioneer Advertising Agency
BTS d.o.p.
2017 Virgin Media Photoshoot
Pioneer Advertising Agency
d.o.p.
2016 Money Super Market
Pioneer Advertising Agency
BTS d.o.p.
2016 Huewei BePresent
d.o.p.
Kolibri Pictures Company
2016 Hotel Moments Budapest
Bistro Fine Budapest
Kolibri Pictures
d.o.p.
2016 OTP Olimpicons
Filmpartners Production
BTS d.o.p.
2015 Chivas
PPM Film Production
Web campaign d.o.p.
2015 ADIDAS Originals
Pioneer Film Production
Web spot d.o.p.
2015 Porsche
Pioneer Film Production
spot d.o.p.
2015 Tesco fuel Spot
Artvader Production
d.o.p.
2015 Stofa
MB Film Production
BTS d.o.p.
2015 Tesco
MB Film Production
BTS d.o.p.
2015 Soproni
MB Film Production
BTS d.o.p.
2014 Kika Leiner
PPM Film Production, LOWE GGK.
making of d.o.p.
2014 OTP Bank / American Express campaign
Cafe Next Production
BTS d.o.p.
2014 "Southern Comfort"
web spot
Pioneer Film Production
d.o.p.
2013 Guiness
PPM. Film Production
"B" camera operator
BTS d.o.p.
2013 Avon Ignite
director: Dávid Szőnyei
Cafe Film Agency
d.o.p.
2013 Duna Aszfalt Spot
director: Zsuzsa Debre
d.o.p.
Insomnia Advertising Agency
2011 LifeAdvertisement
director: Lőrinc Boros
d.o.p.
Nominated: Dazoo LifeAD FEstival, special mentioned
2010 Csak a szívével
Director, d.o.p., writer
Nominated: Dazoo LifeAD Festival, special mentioned
Theatre
2010 Két lengyelül beszélő szegény román
Katona József Theatre
director: Dániel Kovács
screening cinematographer
2009 Othello, Víg Theatre
director: Enikő Eszenyi
lightening designer
Exhibition
2010 FUGA, Center of Architecture
Elnézést Exhibition
photographer
2010 Freecikli, Museum Kiscelli
lightening designer
2009 István Halas photgrapher, Museum Kiscelli
lightening designer
School
2017-2018 VFX Artist
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design,
Budapest
2015-2016 Research studies Israel
Postgraduation program, 2 semesters
Project: Avia, feauture film idea
2006-2013 University of Theatre and FIlm Art Budapest
master of cinematography
class leader: Tibor Máthé HSC
2005-2006 HSC Opakfi, OKJ certificate
second assistent of camera
2003-2006 University ELTE BTK, German Grammar and Literature
2003-2008 University ELTE BTK, Film Aesthetics and History
Languages
english- high level
german- middle level
spanish- basic level
