About

Known credits:
42
Birthday:
1988-01-22
Place of birth:
Sopron, Hungary
Website:
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József Gallai

Overview

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).

In the beginning of 2016 his next horror movie Moth (2016) was completed and finished 4th Best Feature Film at the International Horror Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio. The movie has been called a "thought-provoking and chilling film" by Found Footage Fiction and a "front running for a new horror niche" by Horror Habit. According to Horror Asylum, Moth is "an unusual experience with some moment reminding the author of David Lynch's Inland Empire (2006)".

In the end of 2016 Gallai finished his fourth found footage feature A Guidebook to Killing Your Ex (2016), being described as an "enjoyably sinister movie with a delightfully unhinged central performance" by UK Film Review and collecting further positive reviews from Found Footage Critic, Top Found Footage Films and Warped Perspective as well as three nominations (including Best Original Screenplay of a Feature Film) on the International Filmmaker Festival World Cinema in Nice in 2017.

In 2018 he completed his next short film Echoes (2018), which will be part of a horror anthology titled Blood Tales. He also directed two internationally acknowledged films in 2019 (Spirits in the Dark, The Whispering Man) that are set to be released worldwide in 2020 by Wild Eye Releasing.

Presently, Gallai is working on his next paranormal thriller The Poltergeist Diaries featuring Oscar nominated Eric Roberts.

Known for

Acting
2024 A Stranger in the Woods Actor Peter 58
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2021 The Poltergeist Diaries Actor Documentary Filmmaker 58
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2020 Spirits in the Dark Actor Gil 58
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2018 Párhuzam Actor The Tall Man N/A
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2018 Echoes Actor Skull Face N/A
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2016 Moth Actor Adam 58
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The Black-Eyed Children Actor The Man in Black N/A
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Directing
2024 A Stranger in the Woods Directing Director 58
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2024 Aftermath Directing Director 58
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2022 Project Skyquake Directing Director 58
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2022 I Hear the Trees Whispering Directing Director 58
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2021 The Poltergeist Diaries Directing Director 58
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2020 Spirits in the Dark Directing Director 58
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2019 The Whispering Man Directing Director 59
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2018 Echoes Directing Director N/A
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2016 A Guidebook to Killing Your Ex Directing Director 59
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2016 Moth Directing Director 58
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2014 Bodom Directing Director 59
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2013 Interjú Directing Director 59
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The Black-Eyed Children Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2024 A Stranger in the Woods Writing Writer 58
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2024 Aftermath Writing Writer 58
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2022 Project Skyquake Writing Writer 58
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2022 I Hear the Trees Whispering Writing Writer 58
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2021 The Poltergeist Diaries Writing Writer 58
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2020 Spirits in the Dark Writing Writer 58
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2018 Párhuzam Writing Story N/A
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2018 Echoes Writing Writer N/A
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2016 A Guidebook to Killing Your Ex Writing Writer 59
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2016 Moth Writing Writer 58
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2014 Bodom Writing Writer 59
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2013 Interjú Writing Writer 59
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The Black-Eyed Children Writing Story N/A
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The Black-Eyed Children Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
2024 Aftermath Production Producer 58
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2022 Project Skyquake Production Producer 58
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2020 Spirits in the Dark Production Producer 58
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2018 Echoes Production Casting N/A
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The Black-Eyed Children Production Producer N/A
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Crew
2022 Project Skyquake Crew Cinematography 58
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2020 Spirits in the Dark Crew Cinematography 58
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2019 The Whispering Man Crew Cinematography 59
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