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name: "Ildikó Enyedi"
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fi1m_id: "ildiko-enyedi"
imdb_id: "nm0258221"
tmdb_id: 1059880
wikidata_id: "Q273962"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "15 November 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-30T09:15:55.658429+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ildikó Enyedi

## Identity

Ildikó Enyedi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ildiko-enyedi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ildiko-enyedi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0258221
- **TMDB ID:** 1059880
- **Wikidata ID:** Q273962
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ildik%C3%B3_Enyedi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273962, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0258221/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1059880

Director. Born 15 November 1955 in Budapest, Hungary.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 15 November 1955, Budapest, Hungary
- **Berlin International Film Festival:** 1 Berlin prize (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ildik%C3%B3_Enyedi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273962, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0258221/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1059880

## Biography

Ildikó Enyedi is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. She was born on 15 November 1955 in Budapest. She studied economics before training in film at the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest and in Montpellier, France. She began her career with short films and conceptual art before making her feature debut.

Her first feature, *My Twentieth Century* (1989), won the Caméra d’Or at Cannes. She is best known for *On Body and Soul* (2017), which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Subsequent films include *The Story of My Wife* (2021) and *Silent Friend* (2025), which she also wrote.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, filmportal.de, cineuropa.org, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Silent Friend* (2026), Fi1m 77, Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/silent-friend.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Silent Friend* (2026), Director, Writer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/silent-friend.md)
- *Little Trouble Girls* (2025), Script Consultant
- *Angyaltrombiták* (2023), series, Director, Creator
- *My Fear in My Arms* (2023), Director
- *The Story of My Wife* (2021), Director, Writer
- *Tacheles* (2021), Director
- *The Conversations of Donkey and Rabbit* (2020), Director
- *On Body and Soul* (2017), Director, Writer
- *In Treatment* (2012), series, Director
- *First Love* (2008), Screenplay, Director
- *From Europe Into Europe* (2004), Director
- *Simon, the Magician* (1999), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Tamas and Juli* (1997), Director, Writer
- *Magic Hunter* (1994), Director, Writer
- *Winter War* (1991), Director, Screenplay
- *My Twentieth Century* (1989), Director, Writer
- *Invasion* (1986), Director
- *The Mole* (1985), Director, Writer
- *The Knight of the Rose* (1981), Director
- *Flirt: Hipnózis* (1979), Director

## Gallery

- ![Ildikó Enyedi nach der Preisverleihung der Berlinale 2017 mit dem Golden Bären für Testről és lélekről (On Body and Soul)](https://film.one/media/person/7028320/gallery-97d3e204ebc0.jpg) Ildikó Enyedi nach der Preisverleihung der Berlinale 2017 mit dem Golden Bären für Testről és lélekről (On Body and Soul) — Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Ildik%C3%B3_Enyedi_Golden_Bear_Berlinale_2017.jpg/1280px-Ildik%C3%B3_Enyedi_Golden_Bear_Berlinale_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![第37回 東京国際映画祭 オープニングイベント レッドカーペット エニェディ・イルディコー (コンペティション審査委員) (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/7028320/gallery-72ebe42f1b5f.jpg) 第37回 東京国際映画祭 オープニングイベント レッドカーペット エニェディ・イルディコー (コンペティション審査委員) (2024) — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Enyedi_Ildik%C3%B3_as_Member_of_the_International_Competition_Jury_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2024_%2854577160362%29.jpg/1280px-Enyedi_Ildik%C3%B3_as_Member_of_the_International_Competition_Jury_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2024_%2854577160362%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ildikó Enyedi](https://film.one/media/person/7028320/gallery-7527023e0b74.jpg) Ildikó Enyedi — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Ildik%C3%B3_Enyedi_at_82nd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-2_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Ildik%C3%B3_Enyedi_at_82nd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-2_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ildikó Enyedi bei der Pressekonferenz zu Testről és lélekről (On Body and Soul) zur Berlinale 2017](https://film.one/media/person/7028320/gallery-ced1b3c44b6a.jpg) Ildikó Enyedi bei der Pressekonferenz zu Testről és lélekről (On Body and Soul) zur Berlinale 2017 — Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Ildik%C3%B3_Enyedi_Press_Conference_On_Body_and_Soul_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg/1280px-Ildik%C3%B3_Enyedi_Press_Conference_On_Body_and_Soul_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ildikó Enyedi](https://film.one/media/person/7028320/gallery-5c2731ce5a4b.jpg) Ildikó Enyedi — Image via TMDB
- ![Ildikó Enyedi](https://film.one/media/person/7028320/gallery-0d129ab0fc57.jpg) Ildikó Enyedi — Image via TMDB
- ![Ildikó Enyedi (Regisseurin) beim Photo Call zu Testről és lélekről (On Body and Soul) bei der Berlinale 2017](https://film.one/media/person/7028320/gallery-25c326558110.jpg) Ildikó Enyedi (Regisseurin) beim Photo Call zu Testről és lélekről (On Body and Soul) bei der Berlinale 2017 — Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Ildik%C3%B3_Enyedi_Photo_Call_On_Body_and_Soul_Berlinale_2017_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ildiko Enyedi, Master class in Yerevan as part of the Golden Apricot IFF (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/7028320/gallery-c4a12a517b99.jpg) Ildiko Enyedi, Master class in Yerevan as part of the Golden Apricot IFF (2017) — Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Ildiko_Enyedi%2C_Master_classes_in_Yerevan_%284%29.jpg/1280px-Ildiko_Enyedi%2C_Master_classes_in_Yerevan_%284%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won

- 2017: Golden Bear (won), for *On Body and Soul*

### Other awards — 6 won, 5 nominated

- Annual award ACFK 2024: Annual award ACFK (won)
- Hungarian Film Critics Awards 2018: Hungarian Film Critics Awards (won)
- European Film Award for Best Director 2017: European Film Award for Best Director (nominated), for *On Body and Soul*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2017: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *On Body and Soul*
- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2017: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (nominated), for *On Body and Soul*
- Hungarian Film Award for Best Director 2017: Hungarian Film Award for Best Director (nominated), for *On Body and Soul*
- Hungarian Film Award for Best Screenwriter (Feature Film) 2017: Hungarian Film Award for Best Screenwriter (Feature Film) (nominated), for *On Body and Soul*
- Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit 2002: Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit (won)
- Meritorius Artist of Hungary 2000: Meritorius Artist of Hungary (won)
- Béla Balázs Award 1991: Béla Balázs Award (won)
- Caméra d'Or 1989: Caméra d'Or (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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