Overview
- The European Film Academy announced his death on Tuesday, saying he died Monday after a long and serious illness without specifying a cause.
- Over nine features from Family Nest (1979) to The Turin Horse (2011), he became known for hypnotic long takes and stark black‑and‑white imagery.
- Sátántangó (1994), a 450‑minute adaptation of László Krasznahorkai, is widely considered his signature work, with a 4K restoration screened at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival.
- He founded the film.factory school in Sarajevo in 2012, led it until 2016, and brought in visiting artists including Tilda Swinton and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
- His honors included Hungary’s Kossuth Prize and the European Film Academy’s Honorary Award in 2023, and he is survived by his wife and collaborator Ágnes Hranitzky.