Judit Elek
Directing
Born: 1937-11-10 · Budapest, Hungary
Died: 2025-10-01
Biography
Judit Elek (10 November 1937 - 1 October 2025) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. She has directed 16 films between 1962 and 2006. Her film Mária-nap was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. She graduated in 1961 from the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest (now the University of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest), and joined Mafilm as an assistant director. She is one of the founders of the Béla Balász Studio for young filmmakers. Between 1962
🎬 Movies (20)
After All the Dead Sing Again...
2018
Director
Retrace
2011
Director
Negative history of Hungarian cinema
2010
Self
The Eighth Day of the Week
2006
Director
Elie Wiesel Goes Home
1997
Director
A Free Man – The Life of Ernő Fisch
1996
Director
Awakening
1995
Director
Memories of a River
1990
Director
Maria's Day
1984
Director
The Trial of Martinovics and the Hungarian Jacobins
1980
Director
Maybe Tomorrow
1980
Director
Nobody's Daughter
1976
Writer
A Commonplace Story
1976
Director
Tamás Cseh: The First Photo
1974
Director
On the Field of God in 1972-73
1974
Director
We Will Meet in 1972 – In Dark and in Light
1970
Director
The Lady from Constantinople
1969
Director
How Long Does Man Live?
1967
Director
Castle Dwellers
1966
Director
Encounter
1963
Director