Assistant Directors

Here is how this works in practice. Hungary's 1st AD roster ranks among Europe's deepest, built on a training pipeline that runs through SZFE Budapest (the Színház- és Filmművészeti Egyetem, steady training filmmakers since 1865), MOME (Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design), ELTE Budapest Film Studies. Plus a generation of in-house benches at Mythberg, Laokoon Filmgroup, Proton Cinema, Inforg-M&M Film and KMH Film. The working credits we draw on cluster around 1st ADs like Csaba Bárdosi on László Nemes's Sunset, Ábel Szalontai on Kornél Mundruczó's Pieces of a Woman.

Here is the short of it. Plus Veronika Lakatos on Netflix's The Witcher Season 3 and Marvel's Black Widow at Origo Studios. Hungarian 1st ADs who routinely board USD 100M+ stage shows at Korda Studios Etyek alongside indie features at Stern Studios and Pannonia Film Studio. Our 2nd AD desk plugs into the MTVA, RTL Klub, TV2 and ATV telenovela-equivalent factory pool that turns out skilled crowd and scene matching 2nds at volume. Day-out-of-days breakdowns, strip boards and shooting orders are built against the Magyar Filmszövetség (Hungarian Filmmakers Association) conventions and NFI 30% rebate cost-tracking needs from prep day one.

Here is the breakdown. On the floor our AD departments run bilingually by default. 1st ADs work set control, director joint work, walkie discipline and safety oversight in English. Plus Hungarian-language call sheets, walkie protocol and crew briefings stood up for fully domestic productions and for ATV/MTVA TV networks work. In the western border regions around Sopron, Győr and Mosonmagyaróvár our 1st ADs run EN/DE call sheets as well to cover Austrian and German co-pros routing through Schengen.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. The 2nd AD desk handles call sheets, talent movement and background management against EU Working Time Directive 11-hour rest needs, ONYF + Magyar Államkincstár workplace-insurance frameworks and OEFI on-set health protocols. For multi-unit features and streaming series we field complete AD departments. 1st, 2nd, 2nd 2nd, key set PAs, crowd marshals and base-camp coordinators. Across main, second, splinter and aerial units, keeping a single coherent rhythm from Korda Studios Etyek and Origo Studios through Stern Studios and Pannonia Film Studio without losing turnover, while the line producer's NFI 30% rebate log and ÁFA 27% VAT recovery log keep pace in parallel.