Pater Sparrow

Pater Sparrow (born Zoltán Verebes in 1978, in Budapest) is a Hungarian filmmaker and production designer. He graduated from London Film School as a director with a production designer distinction. He is the son of Hungarian actor/director/media personality István Verebes and grandson of actor Károly Verebes.

Starting as an amateur filmmaker, Sparrow made his first two short films (Without With 1998, The Something 1999,) which were nominated both year in competition in the biggest film festival in Hungary.

Since being intertested in the boundaries of conventional filmmaking he applied to the very pragmatic London Film School. While studying in London he had made two short films Sense (2001) Limit (2002) and worked in several film projects as a production designer. He graduated as a MA director and production designer with his diploma film called T?ick (2004) and wrote dissertation in the topic of non-narrative film theories. After living and studying in the United Kingdom, he returned to his hometown, Budapest where he started developing on his first feature film based on a Stanislaw Lem essay, with the help of his former mentor Zoltan Kamondi’s company Honeymood Films. Meanwhile, he was making several experimental films and visual projects like RECYCLEd – Pro – Reo – Neo (2006) which also attracted attention to him.

His first feature film 1 (2009) reached a big success for a debut film in Hungary, and also collected awards abroad.

He is primarily interested in unique experimental style of mystic and surreal elements in shifted space and time with visual allegories and codes. He considers himself a filmmaker who approaches filmmaking as a visual communication in the face of storytelling.

During the years he had experienced working in different fields of professional film and television crews, such as assistant for director Zoltán Kamondi in The Alchemist And The Virgin (1999) assistant production designer for Academy Award winner Luciana Arigghi in Being Julia (2004) art director for Kevin Phipps production designer (Eyes Wide Shut, Fifth Element, Dune, Slipstream, etc.)in a Cadbury commercial which was directed by Brian Buckley, or production designer of Pater Strickland's third feature film The Duke Of Burgundy (2014).

In 2015 he made the production design on several Hungarian feature films such as 'My Night Is Your Day / Éjszakám a nappalod (2015), Well / Kút (2015), Troupers / Vándorszínészek (2015), in 2016 Budapest Noir (2016), in 2017 Swoon (2018), and in 2018 BUÉK (2018).

He is currently developing his second feature film based on Boris Vian's Heartsnatcher, and working freelance in Hungary.

Director filmography
  • Patience that Blossoms into Death – (2014)
  • aurA – (2011)
  • 1 – (2008)
  • Recycled / Pro-Reo-Neo – (2006)
  • T?ick – (2003)
  • Limit – (2002)
  • Sense – (2001)
  • The Girls Are Angels – (2000)
  • Frozen – (1999)
  • The Something – (1999)
  • Without With – (1998)
  • I&I – (1996)

Production designer filmography
  • Hyundai (2020/director:Felipe Ascacibar) - production designer
  • TKMaxx (2019/director:Sam Hibbard) - production designer
  • Zalando (2019/director:Sam Hibbard) - production designer
  • Toxikoma (2019/director:Gábor Herendi) - production designer
  • Bag (2019/director:Flurin Giger) - production designer
  • Kia (2019/director:Daniel Azancot) - production designer
  • Viabuy (2018/director:Toon Aerts) - production designer
  • Xbox & Tacobell (2018/director:Dave Laden) - production designer
  • Ferrero Rocher (2018/director:Marat Adelshin) - production designer
  • Betano (2018/director:Peter Dietrich) - production designer
  • Müller Bianco (2018/director:Karina Taira) - production designer
  • Müller Frutta (2018/director:Karina Taira) - production designer
  • Buék (2018/director:Kriszta Goda) – production designer
  • Swoon (2018/directors:Måns Mårlind,Björn Stein) – production designer
  • The Field Guide to Evil (2018/director:Peter Strickland) – section – production designer
  • Neoton Familia feat.Jappan&Barnsz / Holnap Hajnalig (2016/director:Miki357)– production designer
  • Ivan & The Parazol / F.É.SZ.E.K. (2016/director:Damokos Attila) – production designer
  • Budapest Noir (2016/director:Éva Gárdos) – production designer
  • Troupers (2015/director:Pál Sándor) – production designer
  • Well (2015/director:Attila Gigor) – production designer
  • Lavazza (2015/director:Jean-Pierre Jeunet) – art director
  • Milton (2014/director:Vivek Kakkad) – production designer
  • Vat69 (2014/director:Renny Maslow) – production designer
  • My Night Is Your Day (2014/directors:András Dési , Gábor Móray) – production designer
  • National Opera House Budapest Id (2014/directors:Tamás Gács, Danila Kostil) – production designer
  • Beautyqueen (2014/director:Oláh Judit) - production designer
  • The Duke Of Burgundy (2013/director:Peter Strickland) – production designer
  • Cadbury Eclair / The Writer (2013/director:Bryan Buckley) – art director
  • National Opera House Budapest Id (2013/director:Tamás Gács) – production designer
  • East Of Paris (2012/director:Orsi Nagypál) – production designer
  • Pinguin Construction (2012/director:Mihály Schwechtje) – production designer
  • Useless Stuff (2012/director:Áron Mátyássy) – production designer
  • PlayStation Vita / Gravity Daze (2012/director:Masaya Yamamoto) – production designer
  • Moss And Lichen (2012/director:Vandad Kashefi) – production designer
  • Cruse 2. (2011/director:Áron Mátyássy) – art director
  • Idol (2011/director:Geir Hornes) – production designer
  • Big Brother (2011/director:Geir Hornes) – production designer
  • Skai Vi Danse (2011/director:Geir Hornes) – production designer
  • aurA (2011) – production designer
  • Please sir! (2010/director:Áron Mátyássy) – production designer
  • Enter (2010) – production designer
  • 1 (2008) – production designer
  • Recycled/Pro-Reo-Neo (2006) – art director
  • That's Life (2005/director:Peter Herz) production designer
  • Aqua (2005/director:Dávid Spáh) – production designer
  • Being Julia (2004/director:István Szabó) – assistant production designer
  • The Sky Wants More (2004/director:Peter Herz) – production designer
  • Amen (2004/director:Dávid Spáh) – production designer
  • This Is Love (2004) –production designer
  • T?ick (2004) – art director
  • Evergreen (2003/director:Patricia Radoi) – production designer
  • Limit (2003) – art director
  • Sense (2002) – production designer
  • The Girls Are Angels (2000) – art director
  • Frozen (1999) – art director
  • The Something (1999) – art director
  • Without With (1998) – production designer

Theatre projects
  • The Big Gatsby 2019/director:Attila Vidnyánszky Jr.) - production designer
  • Gloria (2019/director:Szabolcs Hajdu) - production designer
  • Axe To The Head (2018/director:Illés Horváth) – production designer
  • The Idiot (2018/director:Attila Vidnyánszky Jr.) – production designer
  • Mighty Aphrodite (2018/director:Péter Valló)– production designer
  • Adam's Apples (2017/director:Rémusz Szikszai) – production designer
  • Love's Labour's Lost (2017/director:Péter Rudolf)– production designer
  • Winter Tale (2017/director:Péter Valló) – production designer
  • The Audience (2016/director:Péter Valló) – production designer
  • Ivan The Terrible (2016/director:Attila Vidnyánszky Jr.)– production designer
  • The Beauty Queen Of Leenane (2015/director:Attila Gigor) – production designer
  • Without Veil (2014/director:Áron Mátyássy) – production designer
  • Mr. & Mrs. (2011/directors:Viktor Nagy, Gábor Herendi, Attila Dolmány, Zoltán Megyeri, Gergely Fonyó – production designer
  • The Monumental Audience / alternative ensemble (1993–1997)
  • Almost Nothing – writer / director
  • Bad Habits – writer / director
  • Front – writer / director
  • Jacque Or The Submission / director

Awards
  • 2016 – 22nd Chlotrudis Award / Society for Independent Film – best production design for ’The Duke of Burgundy’
  • 2010 – 20th FanCine International Filmfestival Malaga – best director for ’1’
  • 2010 – 5th CineFantasy Brazil – best sci-fi feature award for ’1’
  • 2010 – 7th Fresh Film Fest Praha – audience award for ’1’
  • 2010 – 30th Fantasporto International Filmfestival – best director for ’1’
  • 2010 – Hungarian Film Critics Awards – best visual design for ’1’
  • 2009 – XVI. Granada International Film Festival – audience award for ’1’
  • 2009 – 40th Hungarian Film Week – best visual design for ’1’
  • 2009 – 40th Hungarian Film Week / student jury – best debut feature for ’1’
  • 2009 – 10th Golden Blade Creative Festival – Silver Heart Award for a social advertisement
  • 2006 – 37th Hungarian Film Week – special mention for Recycled/Pro-Reo-Neo
  • 1998 – 30th Budapest Independent Film Festival – 3rd prize for Without With
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