Eszter Száraz

Editor-in-chief / Storyteller / Documentary filmmaker / (Broadcast) Journalist / Host, moderator and editor of cultural events / Writing / Communication, media / Italian Language

Hungary

About

Storyteller. Experienced cultural TV journalist and editor-in-chief, documentary and independent filmmaker with a demonstrated history of working in the broadcast media industry. Excellent writing skills. Moderator and editor of cultural events, leader of conversation series (ISON, Budapesti Nemzetközi Könyvfesztivál, PestText, Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum, Magyar Zene Háza, Múzeumok Éjszakája). Fluent Italian. After graduating from the dramaturg department of the The University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest, I worked in many film and TV related genres, from investigative and socio reports to TV shows and portrait programs, through educational and cultural film series - as an editor-in-chief, director, screenwriter. I often work both in a leadership position and as part of a creative team. I made experimental short films and wrote screenplays for youth series, translated Italian films and opera librettos as a dramaturg. I had also worked as the Italian translator-dramaturg on Golden Legends (2023), a feature documentary film about the legendary three-time Olympic champion Hungarian water polo team. My documentary, The Extraordinary Life of Aunt Emmi (2019) was shown at several festivals, and it won the jury’s main prize at a prestigious Hungarian film festival. My current feature documentary is about the world-class cellist István Várdai. Genres: documentaries, TV programs, short films, promo videos, commercials from the idea until the final cut, experimental short films. Current project: https://filmfreeway.com/VARDAInonSOLOCELLO

Experience

  • Host, moderator and editor of cultural events, conversation series at Freelance
    Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

    I curate and moderate cultural events ISON - own conversation series The Lives of Others, co-host Babel, a playful program on literary translation, together with the translator Bence Patat House of Music, The International Book Festival Budapest PesText, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum - Sor(s)törés based on contemporary literature Conversation with Silvia Avallone, Erlend Loe, Lars Saabye Christensen

  • freelancer (11 yrs 4 mos)
    • EDITOR-IN-CHIEF and SCREENWRITER (freelancer) - Itthon vagy! / Culture and history based TV program
      Mar 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 4 mos

      Tourism, culture, and history based TV program, broadcasted on the national TV station / at LUMIERE Film & TV // Kultúrtörténeti-ismeretterjesztő sorozat.

    • Director - Tapintat (Tact) short docu
      Jan 2020 - Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • EDITOR-IN-CHIEF - Virtuosos Talent Show - Hungarian semifinal / classical music talent show at Freelance
    Oct 2023 - Mar 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • HUNGÁRIA - short documentary - editor in chief, screenwriter at Freelance
    Apr 2024 - Jun 2024 · 3 mos

    25 perces doku-warm up film a Hungária együttes koncertjére (2024.06.01., Puskás Aréna), a Kráss Kontent csapatával.

  • Concept, Editor, Creative Producer at Kultúra.hu
    May 2024 - May 2024 · 1 mo

    Portré-interjú sorozat