Kálmán Nagy was born and raised in Hungary. Since 2012, he has lived in Vienna, where he graduated from Michael Haneke’s directing class at the Filmakademie Wien. His most recent short film, THE OTHER END OF THE STREET, had its premiere at the Sarajevo Film Festival. The film won the First Steps Award in Germany, as well as the Best Short Film and the Audience Award at the Max Ophüls Film Festival in 2023. It has been screened at more than fifty festivals such as the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, the Angers European First Film Festival, the Huesca International Film Festival, and Filmschoolfest Munich, and has won numerous awards. It was also shortlisted for a Student BAFTA.

 

His first feature-length project, THE SHAME OF THE BORBÉLY FAMILY, was invited to Les Arcs Talent Village in 2022, where it was awarded a special mention. He is currently in pre-production with that film and developing the script for his second feature.

​

Kálmán Nagy is represented by Katrin Näher at Talent Republic Agency which is based in Berlin.