Nimród Antal

Nimród Antal
Antal at 2013 San Diego Comic Con
Born	Nimród E. Antal (1973-11-30) November 30, 1973 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Director Screenwriter Actor
Years active	1994–present

Nimród E. Antal (Hungarian: [ˈnimroːd ˈɒntɒl]; born November 30, 1973) is a Hungarian-American film director, screenwriter and actor.

Life and career

Antal was born in Los Angeles, California, to parents of Hungarian descent. In 1991, following his father's advice, Antal moved to Hungary to study at the Hungarian Film Academy in Budapest. After graduating, he worked in the Hungarian film and television industry; in 2005, he returned to Los Angeles and continued to work in the film and television industry in Hollywood.

Directing

Antal wrote and directed the Hungarian-language film Kontroll (2003), which won numerous awards, including the Award of the Youth at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and the main prize at the Chicago International Film Festival, as well as a European Film Award nomination for Best Director and being selected as Hungary's submission to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The backdrop of the film is the Budapest Metro subway system. Kontroll, refers to the act of ticket inspectors checking to ensure a rider has paid their fare.

Antal's first American feature film, Vacancy, starring Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson, was released on April 20, 2007. His second American film, Armored, was released in December 2009. Robert Rodriguez hired him to direct the film Predators. He directed the Metallica 3D concert movie/narrative film titled Metallica: Through the Never (2013).

Antal returned to Hungary to make The Whisky Bandit (2017), a biopic of infamous Hungarian bank robber Attila Ambrus.

Antal has directed for three television series, two of which were executive produced by M. Night Shyamalan – first, as a guest director on Wayward Pines, then as a regular director for Servant. In 2022, he directed two episodes of Stranger Things season 4.

Acting

Antal has appeared in acting roles in some Hungarian films, the most known among these are András Salamon's Közel a szerelemhez (1999) and Balra a nap nyugszik (2000), directed by András Fésös. Antal had major supporting parts in both of these films. He also had a cameo in Robert Rodriguez's 2010 film Machete.

Filmography

Film

• Kontroll (2003)
• Vacancy (2007)
• Armored (2009)
• Predators (2010)
• Metallica: Through the Never (2013)
• The Whiskey Bandit (2017)
• Retribution (2023)

Television work by Nimród Antal

Year	Title	Episode(s)
2015	Wayward Pines	"A Reckoning"
2019–2021	Servant	"Bear"
		"Cricket"
		"Marino"
		"Goose"
2022	Stranger Things	"Chapter Five: The Nina Project"
		"Chapter Six: The Dive"

External links

• Nimród Antal at IMDb 
• Nimród Antal on IGN