
Judit Elek
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday10 November 1937
Died1 October 2025 (age 87)
Place of birthBudapest, Hungary
Known credits21
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 and 2011, she made multiple short films, documentaries and features. The renowned film Mária-nap (1…

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
The Eighth Day of the Week
2006 · Writer
The Eighth Day of the Week
2006 · Producer

Elie Wiesel Goes Home
1997 · Director

Elie Wiesel Goes Home
1997 · Editor

Elie Wiesel Goes Home
1997 · Producer

A Free Man – The Life of Ernő Fisch
1996 · Director

Awakening
1995 · Director

Awakening
1995 · Screenplay

Awakening
1995 · Editor

Memories of a River
1990 · Director

Memories of a River
1990 · Writer

Maria's Day
1984 · Director

Maybe Tomorrow
1980 · Director

The Trial of Martinovics and the Hungarian Jacobins
1980 · Director

A Commonplace Story
1976 · Director

Nobody's Daughter
1976 · Writer

On the Field of God in 1972-73
1974 · Director

Tamás Cseh: The First Photo
1974 · Director

We Will Meet in 1972 – In Dark and in Light
1970 · Director

The Lady from Constantinople
1969 · Director

The Lady from Constantinople
1969 · Idea

How Long Does Man Live?
1967 · Director

Castle Dwellers
1966 · Director

Castle Dwellers
1966 · Writer

Encounter
1963 · Director

Encounter
1963 · Screenplay

Tiszta lap
Jázmin Televízió
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