József Gallai
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- January 22, 1988, Sopron, Hungary
- Movies
- 22
After watching Lady in the Water (2006), József Gallai decided to deal with filmmaking and started writing screenplays and short stories. Between 2009 and 2012 he was mainly involved in amateur films in various genres.
In 2014, he wrote and co-directed Hungary's first feature length found footage horror Bodom (2014). In this year the movie opened the Bram Stoker International Film Festival in Whitby, UK as well as collected numerous nominations on film festivals including 30 Dies Festival in Andorra, Golden Rake Award for Indie Horror and New York Scary Film Awards in the US and Amazon Horror Awards in Brazil.
In 2015 Bodom was in the final competition at the Full Moon Horror & Fantasy Film Festival in Romania, competing with award winning films such as Welp (2014), Horsehead (2014) and Réalité (2014).
Upcoming József Gallai Movies
The Black-Eyed Children 3
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The Black-Eyed Children 2
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Echoes from the Midnight Mansion
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | The Black-Eyed Children | The Man in Black |
| 2024 | A Stranger in the Woods | Peter |
| 2021 | The Poltergeist Diaries | Documentary Filmmaker |
| 2020 | Spirits in the Dark | Gil |
| 2018 | Párhuzam | The Tall Man |
| 2018 | Echoes | Skull Face |
| 2016 | Moth | Adam |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2025 | The Final Frame | Director, Writer |
| 2025 | The Black-Eyed Children | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 2024 | A Stranger in the Woods | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 2024 | Aftermath | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 2022 | Project Skyquake | Writer, Producer, Director |
| 2022 | I Hear the Trees Whispering | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2021 | The Poltergeist Diaries | Director, Writer |
| 2020 | Spirits in the Dark | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2019 | The Whispering Man | Director |
| 2018 | Echoes | Writer, Director |
| 2016 | A Guidebook to Killing Your Ex | Writer, Director |
| 2016 | Moth | Director, Writer |
| 2014 | Bodom | Director, Writer |
| 2014 | 09.12.04 | Director, Writer |
| 2013 | Interjú | Director, Writer |
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