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Antal Nimród (pronounced: Neemrode; born November 30, 1973) is a Hungarian American film director....

Antal Nimród (pronounced: Neemrode; born November 30, 1973) is a Hungarian American film director. Nimród was born in Los Angeles, California of Hungarian ancestry. Antal moved to Hungary in 1991 to study at the Hungarian Film Academy. After graduating, he went on to work in the film and television industry. In 2005, he moved back to his hometown of Los Angeles to pursue success in Hollywood. He is best known for writing and directing the Hungarian-language film Kontroll (2003), which won numerous awards, including the Award of the Youth at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Hugo (main prize) at the Chicago International Film Festival, as well as a European Film Award nomination for Best Director. The backdrop of the film is the Budapest Metro subway system. Kontroll, refers to the act of ticket inspectors checking to ensure a rider has paid their fare. Since the early 1990s, Antal has been a prolific and highly-successful director of music videos and televisions commercials in Hungary. He has also been hired to direct commercials in other Central European countries such as the Czech Republic. His American sensibilities, particularly a comfort with combining humour and