László Nemes

László Nemes is a Hungarian-Jewish film director and screenwriter, who in 2015 won an Oscar with Son of Saul: a film that like no other approaches the horrific experiences of a prisoner in Auschwitz. After moving to France with his mother at an early age, Nemes studied history, international relations, and political science, and took classes in cinema at the Sorbonne. Back in Hungary he became an assistant to director Béla Tarr on Visions of Europe (2004) and The Man from London (2007). With Son of Saul, his feature film debut, Nemes won not only an Oscar but also a Golden Globe and the Grand Prix in Cannes. In 2018, his film Sunset, set in Budapest in 1913, premiered at the Venice International Film Festival.