Nimrod Antal
Personal Profile
Nimrod Antal
Date of Birth:
November 30, 1973Zodiac Sign:
SagittariusPlace of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USASex:
MaleHair Color:
Brown Eye Color:
BlueNationality:
American
Family
Nimrod Antal
Career
Nimrod Antal
Awards
Nimrod Antal
2004 : Award of the Youth
2004 : Gold Hugo Award
2004 : Golden Swan Award
2004 : Gene Moskowitz Critics Award
Trivia
Nimrod Antal
- He has been selected by Robert Rodriguez to direct the film Predators.
- Antal's first American feature film Vacancy, starring Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson, was released on April 20, 2007.His second film, Armored is scheduled to be released this December.
- He has been hired to direct commercials in other Central European countries such as the Czech Republic. His American sensibilities, particularly a comfort with combining humour and graphic violence have been perceived as a breath of fresh air by Hungarian fans from the time of his very first low-budget efforts.
- Since the early 1990s, Antal has been a prolific and highly-successful director of music videos and televisions commercials in Hungary.
- He is best known for writing and directing the film Kontroll (2003), which won numerous awards, including the Award of the Youth at the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Hugo (main prize) at the Chicago International Film Festival, as well as a European Film Award nomination for Best Director.
- In 2005, he moved back to his hometown of Los Angeles to pursue success in Hollywood.
- Antal moved to Hungary in 1991 to study at the Hungarian Film Academy. After graduating, he went on to work in the film and television industry.
- Nimród is of Hungarian ancestry.
- Antal Nimród is an American film director.
Biography
Nimrod Antal
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 29, 2009Nimród Antal was born 30 November 1973 in the United States, in Los Angeles, California from Hungarian parents.In 1991 he moved to Hungary to study at the Hungarian Film Academy in Budapest because he wanted to be a cinematographer from the age of 14. Although he never graduated, he stayed on to work in the film and television industry.In the 1990s Nimród Antal has been a highly successful director of music videos and television commercials in Hungary, and also in the Czech Republic. With the movie Kontroll (2003) which he wrote and directed, he gained numerous awards and quite a huge reputation not only in Hungary. The film earned him the Award of the Youth at the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival.
In 2005, he moved back to Los Angeles to pursue success in Hollywood. His first American feature was Vacancy (2007), starring Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson. Its follow up, Armored (2009), with Laurence Fishburne, Matt Dillon, Jean Reno and Milo Ventimiglia from Heroes is scheduled to be released in September 2009.Nimród Antal has also appeared in acting roles in numerous Hungarian films. In both András Salamon's Közel a szerelemhez (1999) and Balra a nap nyugszik (2000), directed by András Fésös he had major supporting parts. In July 2009 it has been confirmed by After Robert Rodriguez that Nimród Antal is set to direct Predators for Troublemaker Studios and 20th Century Fox.