budapest Mar 2010

HungarianDirectors.com is the premier hub to source Hungarian directors and directors of photography for international productions.

With a stunning reel of moving documentaries, acclaimed commercials and feature films, the company's talented roster of directors and DPs are available to tackle any assignment in any market and across every genre and style - from animation through to drama, live action or testimonials, beauty or comedy.

Visit the website for more information and to see creativity in action.

Since its formation in 1995, Pioneer has earned a reputation as a dynamic and professional production service company. By combining local know-how with international expertise, the Pioneer team provides clients with familiar experience in unfamiliar territory.

An exacting work ethic, paying close attention to detail and having passion for the job are what make Pioneer one of the top production companies in Budapest. Over the last year projects have involved some of the leading production companies, including MJZ, RSA, Gorgeous and Knucklehead, as well as some of the most outstanding directors such as Rupert Sanders, Chris Palmer, Johnny Green and Ben Mor.

Future Films was established in 1998 and has since produced TV commercials for all the major local and international brands. Beside local TV spots, the company has offered production services to English, German, French, Finnish and Russian clients.

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Extreme Film is a dynamic production company that has been operating in both the local and international markets since 1994. With a young and award-winning creative team and a reputation for high quality commercial shooting, Extreme Film is one of the leading and fastest growing production companies in Hungary.

Extreme Film also provides a full range of production services and has worked with several foreign production companies and clients, including Korean Oppo and KCC.

Besides commercial film productions the company is currently expanding towards feature films and international co-productions.

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Artificial Group is a boutique creative agency that works on special projects and worldwide campaigns for major brands.

The company creates and produces unique visual images and builds stimulating communication solutions using both online and offline methods, social media and search marketing. Creative concepts and photo production are all done in house with Artificial Group's own creative team that includes a photographer, stylist, graphic artist, creative director and art director.

Artificial Group’s innovative methods involve having your customers feel, experience and use your products to get a better understanding and feel for your brand.

Flashback Photo Studios is a market leading professional studio space and home to the Hungarian professional photography community.

Based in Budapest, the studios offer 1000 m² of shooting space along with photo and film production facilities that allow photographers to fulfill professional requests to the highest technical and aesthethic standards.

For all its technological advancement, Matyas Misetics' work exudes a return to the figurative painting of previous centuries; his goal, a perfectly fabricated picture. With the use of contrasting light and well-considered locations the photographer constructs his own image code that even works alongside a strong narrative element. According to the Berlin-based theoretician and curator, Horst Kloever, Matyas' photographs are close to the aesthetics of film, especially the modern form of Film Noir: full of atmosphere, latent tension and uncertainty.

"In some Ukrainian and Russian circles, you must have Gucci shoes, LV bags and Oleg shooting your portrait."

Currently based in Budapest, Oleg almost became a fashion designer but at the very last moment ticked fashion photography on his university admission form. The Soviet-made little camera he used as a child and his early fashion muse, the girl next door (who desperately dreamed of becoming a supermodel), all converged into one drive; seven years later Oleg is the toast of Ukraine and Russia's rich and fashionable. The girl next door became a professional model.

His vision is larger-than-life, shooting fantasy images for clients including Jaguar, Volvo, Playboy Magazine and Bel Ami. "It's almost like a pretty little lie: I take reality and give it a different angle, put it in a different light, add to it something bizarre, or another colour, and make it a turbo-reality, something shocking one," he explains. "Every picture is different, totally unique."

Oleg is represented by Look Agency.

Paul Williams has been a specialist award winning food photographer and TV commercials director for over 25 years, specialising in big brand advertising and packaging photography.

His Budapest Studio, near Boráros tér, is equipped with the latest digital camera and proofing equipment.

Funky Stock Photo Library Budapest specialises in stock food photos along with European travel and landscape photography by Paul Williams. Clients can buy and download photos online or contact Funky Stock Photo Library directly to open an account.

Anna decided to pick up a camera and become a photographer during her high school years. She attended the Art Academy of the Hungarian Photographer's Association and afterwards worked for the well known VonSchwarz Art Agency and renowned fashion houses.

As a child, theatre and the art of dance attracted Anna. She is often invited to photograph great artists performing as part of the Hungarian Art of Movement Company.

Through the camera lens her aesthetic is to explore beauty, however it may be defined. Following the great impressionist Monet, Anna is also fascinated with how changing light affects and transforms her subject matter.

Anna is represented by Look Agency.

The driving forces behind Daniel Herendi's creative open mindedness are adventure and experimentation, elements that have led him to gain vast experience in various fields of image making. He doesn't call himself a photographer as such, preferring the term 'visual painter.'

Daniel's style ranges from clear set ups with vivid twists to complex, polished outcomes. Beside his photography, for many years he has also been involved in post production for high end publications.

Onucsán Ete was born in Transylvania in 1981 and now lives in Budapest. Graduating as a fashion and portrait photographer, he has been working as a professional for five years. Onucsán's favourite theme is shooting buildings and objects, and his references include some of the leading Hungarian architecture companies. His unique eye and composition are constantly in high demand.

Onucsán's motto: "Emotions that create pictures, pictures that create emotions."

The Look Agency is one of the first companies dedicated to helping clients navigate the hugely varied - in terms of quality and cost - Hungarian market.

The agency's goal is to help young talents find their way. Naturally, this goes hand-in-hand with quality, and its team is selected based on the decision of a jury composed from fashion experts and leading designers.

Look offers stylists, photographers, hair stylists and make-up artists for every occasion, complete crews for movies and photo shoots, music videos and commercials, business portraits, baby and children's portraits, and an internationally acclaimed special effects make-up artist.

Allure Models and its production team offer full production services for fashion, art and advertising shoots. The company provides extensive experience and a professional, unique and personalised service for every shoot.

Working with friendly, energetic and experienced local crews, Allure offers cost effective and personalised solutions for each individual brief.

Services include: project budgeting, location research and scouting, location management - permits, location fees, etc, - studios, casting, models, styling, hair and make-up, production crew management, producers, production managers, photographers, photo assistants, equipment rental, post production services, accommodation, travel, transport, catering, set builds, props, classic cars, horses, dogs, bikes and boats.

TrendAttack is an international elite modelling agency that has been representing professional models since 2001. The agency's experienced partners work mainly with foreign agencies around the world, regularly sending models abroad for fashion and commercial jobs. TrendAttack is one of Hungary's most responsible agencies, with both its models and clients guaranteed the highest standard of service.

New faces and international professionals can be found on the agency's deliberately limited roster, as the company prefers to provide its models with a more personalised career path that guarantees individual opportunities and high level management benefits.

The TrendAttack creative team organises photo and film productions in Hungary and abroad. Working only with the best Hungarian and European photographers, stylists and make-up artists, the company's dynamic team helps manage complete productions, from finding the perfect location and creative team to post production. As a result of its level of service, many of TrendAttack's jobs become regular repeat clients.

Named after Budapest's famed Chain Bridge which that spans the Danube, Lánchíd 19 hotel is a contemporary highlight in a neighbourhood of predominantly 19th century architecture.

This contrast denotes the evolving character of Budapest, one which celebrates both past and future. In the evenings the moveable accordion-like glass façade of the design hotel transforms into eye-catching figures setting the tone for an intimate welcome.

Detail definitely reins supreme here: a diver morphing into wavelets on the façade, archaeological remains of a water tower below stairs, overhead glass suspension bridges holding sandblasted fingerprints, uniform made by award-winning Hungarian fashion designers on the hotel staff.