Mátyás Erdély (born 17 September 1976) is a Hungarian cinematographer. Among his best-known films is the 2015 Hungarian film Son of Saul,[1] [2] [3] which won the award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.[4] Erdély won the Bronze Frog at Camerimage and the Golden Camera 300 at the Manaki Brothers Film Festival for his cinematography on the film.[5] His other work includes Delta (2008), (2010), Miss Bala (2011), The Quiet Ones (2014) and James White (2015).[6] [7] [8]
| Year | Title | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Necropolis | Szabolcs Hajdu | ||
| 1998 | Kicsimarapagoda | |||
| 1999 | Szeptember | András Salamon | ||
| 2000 | Fehér alsó | Zsolt Meskó | ||
| Köd | Balázs Krasznahorkai | |||
| 2003 | No Comment | Árpád Schilling | Segment of Jött egy busz... | |
| 2004 | T?ick | Pater Sparrow | ||
| Határontúl | Árpád Schilling | |||
| Birth of Industry | Gabriela Tollman | |||
| 2005 | Before Dawn | Bálint Kenyeres | ||
| My Backyard Was a Mountain | Adam Schlachter | |||
| Home | Justin Rhodes | |||
| Transaction | Jacques Thelemaque | |||
| Nocturne | Justin Rhodes | |||
| Lux úr szabadalma | Marcell Gerö | With Attila Csoboth | ||
| 2006 | Chicxulub | Malona P. Badelt | ||
| The Run | Gabriel Scott | |||
| Recycled/Pro-Reo-Neo | Pater Sparrow | Segment "Neo" | ||
| 2007 | Vartan LLP | Myles Price | ||
| Goyta | Joanna Jurewicz | |||
| With a Little Patience | László Nemes | |||
| 2008 | First Love | Ildikó Enyedi | ||
| The Counterpart | László Nemes | |||
| 2009 | A repülés története | Bálint Kenyeres | ||
| Mama | Géza M. Tóth | |||
| Five Miles Out | Andrew Haigh | |||
| Londoni Au Pair | Sára László | |||
| 2010 | The Gentleman Takes His Leave | László Nemes Timea Varkonyi | ||
| 2011 | Part | Timea Varkonyi | ||
| 2012 | Flytopia | Karni Arieli Saul Freed | ||
| 2015 | Free Flow | Jeroen Sebrechts | ||
| 2016 | Dialogue | Gábor Fabricius | ||
| 2021 | Discovery: Olympics | Henry Hobson |
| Year | Title | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Jonuc és a koldusmaffia | András Salamon | ||
| 2003 | Inheritance: A Fisherman's Story | Peter Hegedus | With Attila Csoboth, Jason Hargreaves, György Réder and Zoltán Török |
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Chico | Ibolya Fekete | With Antonio Farías and Nyika Jancsó |
| Macerás ügyek | Szabolcs Hajdu | ||
| 2005 | Johanna | Kornél Mundruczó | With Nagy András |
| 2008 | Delta | ||
| 2010 | |||
| 2011 | Miss Bala | Gerardo Naranjo | |
| 2012 | The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears | Teona Strugar Mitevska | |
| 2014 | Kenau | Maarten Treurniet | |
| The Quiet Ones | John Pogue | ||
| 2015 | James White | Josh Mond | |
| Son of Saul | László Nemes | ||
| 2018 | Sunset | ||
| 2020 | The Nest | Sean Durkin | |
| 2023 | Foe | Garth Davis | |
| The Iron Claw | Sean Durkin |
| Year | Title | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Valaki kopog | Szabolcs Hajdu György Pálfi | 2 episodes | |
| 2005 | A Mester és Margarita | Ibolya Fekete | TV movie | |
| 2007 | Egy nö igaz története | Marcell Iványi | ||
| 2011 | aurA | Pater Sparrow | 3 episodes | |
| 2013 | Southcliffe | Sean Durkin | Miniseries |
| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | American Society of Cinematographers | Spotlight Award | Son of Saul | ||
| Camerimage | Bronze Frog | ||||
| Golden Frog | |||||
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | Best Cinematography | ||||
| 2020 | British Independent Film Awards | Best Cinematography | The Nest |