ZOLTAN MOLL
writer · director · script consultant

Berlin     
zoltanmoll@gmail.com      
+49 172 5960398
An innovative filmmaker and educator with a diverse background in film and television, ranging from arthouse cinema to documentaries and international mainstream productions.


Education:
 MA in Film Studies and Screenwriting / University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest / Class of 2001 mentored by István Szabó

Languages: fluent English and French, native Hungarian


Selected fiction films: Writer - Director
Hotel Orion - Feature Film, Good Kids Productions / 2025 (upcoming)
  • Official Selection: Les Arcs Film Festival 2023 - work-in-progress section

Writer - Director
Engedetlen (Relentless) - Feature Film, Film Team Productions / 2018
  • Premiered at the Cottbus Festival of East European Cinema

Writer - Director
Mériadeck - Short Film, France / 2013


Selected other works: Writer - Co-Director
My Chemical Information System - Documentary, Éclipse Film / 2025
  • Recipient of the Sundance Institute’s Sandbox Development Grant
  • In competition at Verzio Documentary Film Festival 2025

Script Editor
Egy Nő Fogságban (A Woman Captured) - HBO, Éclipse Film / 2016
  • In competition at IDFA and Sundance

Script Editor
Csillagfény Távolság (How Far The Stars) - HBO Documentary, Baxt Films / 2018
  • In competition at Sarajevo Film Festival

Writer - Creative Lead
Heroes Of The Future - Interactive Documentary Theater Experience, Planet Hungary Exhibition / 2022

Writer - Director
Bateaux martyrs - Documentary 52’, Grand Angle Productions for France 3 (French Public Television) / 2012

Writer - Director
Malédiction sur l'empire - Documentary 52’, Grand Angle Productions for France 3 / 2011



Teaching experience:
Storytelling Program Lead, MA Animation

Hungarian University of Art and Design (MOME) / 2020-2024
  • Developed the new hands-on storytelling program for MOME in 2020
  • student Mirjana Balogh won the Crystal Bear for Best Short Film at the 2025 Berlinale Generation 14+ program with Wish You Were Ear, originating from a class exercise
Developed during my course, student Janka Feiner’s diploma film Fire in My Pocket was selected for the 2026 Berlinale Generation Kplus competition



Production experience:
Assistant to the Delegate Producer
The Man from London (Dir. Béla Tarr), TT Filmműhely / 2005


Assistant to the Production Designer
Munich (Dir. Steven Spielberg), Universal Pictures / 2004

Served as Assistant Director on dozens of international features, series, commercials, and music videos