He was preparing to become a painter when – during his high school years, in 1986 – he was admitted to the studio of the Arvisura Theater, where he studied stage movement, contact dance, ethnic dances, acrobatics and pantomime in addition to acting skills. After eight years he signed a contract with Pince Theatre.

In 1990 his first book was published at the age of 21 years, which he wrote under the title Szeltagor.

In 1995 he founded his own company, Atlantis Theater, with Eva Molnar. In 2000, Tamas Jordan managing director engaged the whole company to the Merlin Theatre, in 2003 they received the award for the best company in the city of Budapest.

2018-2022 head director of the Szeged National Theater and head of the prose department.

For four years, he taught acting and movement at the Hungarian Academy of Dramatic Arts, at different alternative companies and at various drama schools in Budapest. Among others he performed and created choreographies in the Katona József Theater, the Comedy Theatre, the Pesti Theatre and the New Theatre in Budapest. He directs in all major theatres over the country.

He is also well known for his adaptations as a writer, such as 1984, The Collector, Things worth living for, Intouchables or Flower for Algernon. Orwell’s right holders granted his 1984 adaptation with exclusive rights, and he was the only one in Hungary to receive the rights for stage adaptation of Intouchables.

In 2006, together with Eva Botos, they founded the band ShakuEcho, which has released several albums, their music can also be heard as the theme and background songs of films.

In 2020, they wrote with Janos Szemenyei composer the quarantine song „Little whisper” created with the participation of 169 artists. The song is included in their new musical titled Great Little Man about the world-famous Hungarian circus artist, Zoli the Clown who saved lives with his art.

In 2022, he founded his own social media-based filmmaking company called Digital Producer, which has more than 100,000 followers.

STAGE PLAYS

GREAT LITTLE MAN musical (music: Janos Szemenyei) (2020)
APOCALYPSE thriller (2021)
THE GATEWAY dramedy (2021)
SAVE ME, LOVE! musical (Vidam Stage Budapest 2023)
I AM ME, YOU ARE YOU interactive monodrama (Szeged National Theater 2022)

STAGE ADAPTATIONS

HAMLET (Pince Theater 2016)
1984 (Szeged National Theater 2020)
THE COLLECTOR (Central Theater 2015, Petőfi Theater 2024)
INTOUCHABLES (Budapest Playground 2017)
EVERY BRILLIANT THING (Central Theater 2018)
DANGEROUS LIAISONS (Pécs National Theater 2017)
SEXTET (Peccadillo) (Vidam Stage 2022)
BODAS DE SANGRE (Pesti Magyar Theater 2013)
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS (New Theater 2006)

MOST SIGNIFICANT STAGE DIRECTIONS:

• MAB (Hungarian thriller web series)
• Dead in Spoon River (Atlantis Theatre)
• A blind man saw that he jumped out… (Atlantis Theatre)
• …and Romeo and Juliet (with Péter Rudolf and Eszter Nagy-Kálózy)
• Romeo and Juliet (Atlantis Theater)
• Two Blind Mice (Madhouse Company)
• Atlantis (National Theater)
• The divine Claudius (Szombathely Historical Carnival)
• The Adventures of Picasso (Picassos äventyr) (co-director, Pesti Theatre)
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (New Theatre)
• Dr. Bubó (Arena Budapest)
• Piros family (Fairytale Puppet Theater)
• The 39 Steps (2013, Pécs National Theatre)
• Bodas de sangre (2013, Pesti Magyar Theater)
• The Jungle Book (2014, Weöres Sándor Theatre)
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014, Pécs National Theater)
• Macbeth (2014, Pesti Magyar Theater)
• The Collector (2015, Central Theater)
• Flowers for Algernon (2015, Budapest Playground)
• The Attic (2015, Sándor Weöres Theater in Szombathely)
• The Grönholm Method (2016, Pécs National Theatre)
• Hamlet (2016, Pincer Theatre)
• Snapshot (2016, Atrium Theater)
• The Parody of Man chat prompts (2016, Balatonfüred)
• As You Like It (2016, Weöres Sándor Theatre)
• Every brilliant thing (2017, Central Theatre)
• Csongor and Tünde (2017, Pécs National Theatre)
• Intouchables (2017, Budapest Playground)
• Theater Beasts (2019, Szeged National Theater)
• 1984 (2020, Szeged National Theatre)
• I am me, you are you (2021, Szeged National Theatre)

AWARDS

• 1990 I. National Theater Award – best music award (Romeo and Juliet, Atlantis Theater)
• 1998 Alternative Theater Review Award (Dead in Spoon River, Atlantis Theater)
• 1998. Inspiration National Choreography competition – audience award (Légypapír, Atlantis Theater)
• 1999. XI. National Studio and Alternative Theater Festival Gödöllő – main prize (Blind man saw that he jumped out, Atlantis Theater)
• Miskolc Millenium Festival – special prize (The blind man saw that he jumped out, Atlantis Theater)
• 2000 Alternative Theater Review Award – „most beautiful tales” (Grimm’s Tales, Atlantis Theater)
• 2001. Grand prize of the National Children’s Theater Review (Stories by Benedek Elek, Atlantis Theater)
• 2001. Special prize of the Ministry of Culture (Stories by Benedek Elek, Atlantis Theatre)
• 2003 Best Company of the Capital City Award (Atlantis Theatre)
• 2014. National Theater Review Városmajor – audience jury award (director: The 39 Steps, Pécs National Theatre)
• 2015. Thalia Humor Festival – the best performance on the main stage award (Pécs National Theatre, The 39 Steps)
• 2018 Dömötör Award Szeged – best director award (Szeged National Theatre, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Flower for Algernon)
• 2022. Vidor Festival – best performance and best direction awards (Budapest Playground, Intouchables)