Daniel Misota (born in 1992) is a filmmaker and media artist from Budapest whose work is concerned with the critical potential of film style. Since graduating from Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in 2022 he has been working as a cinematographer on various art, film and television projects across Europe. His thesis film ‘Mária Kerényi, 41, July 1970’ — a reenactment of a propaganda film from the 1970s — has been presented in the exhibition ‘Re:Re: Artistic re-enactments, the art of re-enactment’ at MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art. He is currently working on his PhD on emancipatory cinematic forms.
Education:
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest
Multimedia Arts PhD in practice, 2023-2027
Master of Arts - Media Design MA, 2020-2022
Bachelor of Arts - Media Design BA; 2013-2015, 2019-2020
Language Skills:
English, French, Hungarian - full professional proficiency
Spanish - limited working proficiency
Group Exhibitions (selected):
Salt. Clay. Rock.: On Nuclear Pasts and Radiant Futures, nGbK, Berlin, 2024 (with Krisztina Erdei)
Re:Re: Artistic Reenactments, the Art of Reenactment, MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art, Debrecen, 2023
Filmography (recent):
A Hunt For Hedgehogs - HU, 2025, drama *
directed by Mihály Schwechtje
cinematography by Csaba Bántó
produced by Genovéva Petrovits at Kino Alfa
Mommy Blue - HU, 2025, 110 mins, drama
directed by Bernadette Mayer
cinematography by Eszter Csepeli
produced by Genovéva Petrovits at Kino Alfa
Soviet Fantasia - UK, 2024, 8 mins, drama
directed by Penn Balint
produced by Penn Balint at The Yoko Situation
Mattoni - IT, 6 mins - IT, 2024, 6 mins, drama, experimental
directed by Anna Török
produced at RUFA Academy of Fine Arts, Rome
…a szomszéd tehene - HU, 2024, 30 mins (60 episodes), comedy, drama, family
directed by Fanni Szilágyi, Bence Miklauzic, Dénes Orosz, Kristóf Orzói,
István Márton, Dávid Csicskár, Ádám Kovács & Zoltán Végh
produced by Ilona Ondruss at Paprika Studios
Mária Kerényi, 41, July 1970 - HU, 2023, 65 mins, drama, history **
prodoced by József Fülöp at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
Árni - HU, 2023, 109 mins, drama *
directed by Dorka Vermes
cinematography by Péter Lehr-Juhász
produced by Balázs Zachar at Proton Cinema
Woman Waiting - HU, 2023, 18 mins, drama
directed by Frank Varga
produced by Béla Tarr at FreeSZFE
Nothing Happened - HU, 2023, 10 mins, drama
directed by Zhiwen Ding
produced by Béla Tarr at FreeSZFE
Breaking Rachmaninoff - AT, 2023, 80 mins, documentary
directed by Aleksey Igudesman
produced by Matthias Greving at Kinescope
cinematographer
camera operator
*first assistant camera
**end of studies film - writer/director
