Biography

Zsuzsanna Gellér-Varga is a documentary filmmaker based in Budapest, Hungary.
Gellér-Varga began her career as a freelance journalist at various Hungarian newspapers, magazines and television channels (Népszabadság, Readers' Digest, MTV, Nap TV). She then became a news reporter at a daily evening news program in Budapest (TV3).
She received a master's degree in journalism in 2000 at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley. Her thesis documentary (Screw Your Courage) won awards at US film festivals (Best Documentary Short 2001 – Atlanta Film Festival, Best Short Doc – 2002 DocSide Filmfestival) and was broadcast on public TV in the San Francisco Bay area.
Gellér-Varga then worked for New York Times Television as a video-journalist on several documentary series about the trials and tribulations of doctors and hospitals in various U.S. cities.
She returned to Budapest in 2001 and has since contributed to independent documentary films. (From Home To Home – Valahol otthon lenni, 2003. Take Three – Harmadik találkozás, 2004. Director: Tamás Almási. Journey Home, 2007., Incubator, 2009. Director: Réka Pigniczky)
She also directs and shoots her own documentaries (Once They Were Neighbours, 2005. Synagogoue For Sale, 2007. Mr. Mom, 2009.), which have been well received at international filmfestivals and broadcasted by Hungarian Television and Duna TV (public service channels in Hungary).