Eszter Zakariás
- Script and Continuity Department
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Originally from Hungary, Eszter has been working on both sides of the camera for over 15 years in Film/TV, and Commercial Production. As a Iatse 871 Script Supervisor she works often on commercials, TV and features. Some of her credits include "LA Rush" with Elijah Wood, "Darkness Falls" with Shawn Ashmore, "Death of a Telemarketer" (Lamorne Morris, Jackie Earle Hayley), the award-winning web series "Little Italy", and "First Love", and shorts like "Boomerang" (Mackenzie Davis). Her commercial work includes spots for the Disney Channel, for Walmart, Sony Playstation, State Farm, Happy Socks etc.
Eszter has a background in Acting/Performance Training from Loyola Marymount University (B.A.). After her LMU years, she performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Hungary's English-speaking theater company, Merlin Theater. She was featured in foreign productions and national commercials in Budapest. She received a scholarship and completed her MA. in Professional Writing/Screenwriting from USC.
Over ten years, she managed the Hungarian competition of the Hartley-Merrill International Screenwriting Prize, founded by RKO Pictures, helping discover many emerging screenwriters. She was Editor of the Hungarian Producer's Magazine and had the opportunity to assist acclaimed Hollywood Still Photographer, Peter Sorel on such films as "Frida", and "Louis" also featuring legendary Cinematographer, Vilmos Zsigmond. Eszter is also highly experienced as a translator, and completed work on numerous feature scripts through the years, as well as subtitling translation for a feature documentary. (Desmond Child: "Two").
From 2003-2009 Eszter joined Gabor Lepes (Award-winning Music Producer, Composer and Sound Engineer) as a Creative Producer for the award-winning electro-ethno music group, Balkan Fanatik. The band played many big festivals each year and opened for Jethro Tull, Public Enemy, TGU and Prodigy. Eszter has appeared in many of their hit music videos such as "Love Gone Wrong", "Egyedem Begyedem", "Csinald, csinald!".
Eszter has a background in Acting/Performance Training from Loyola Marymount University (B.A.). After her LMU years, she performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Hungary's English-speaking theater company, Merlin Theater. She was featured in foreign productions and national commercials in Budapest. She received a scholarship and completed her MA. in Professional Writing/Screenwriting from USC.
Over ten years, she managed the Hungarian competition of the Hartley-Merrill International Screenwriting Prize, founded by RKO Pictures, helping discover many emerging screenwriters. She was Editor of the Hungarian Producer's Magazine and had the opportunity to assist acclaimed Hollywood Still Photographer, Peter Sorel on such films as "Frida", and "Louis" also featuring legendary Cinematographer, Vilmos Zsigmond. Eszter is also highly experienced as a translator, and completed work on numerous feature scripts through the years, as well as subtitling translation for a feature documentary. (Desmond Child: "Two").
From 2003-2009 Eszter joined Gabor Lepes (Award-winning Music Producer, Composer and Sound Engineer) as a Creative Producer for the award-winning electro-ethno music group, Balkan Fanatik. The band played many big festivals each year and opened for Jethro Tull, Public Enemy, TGU and Prodigy. Eszter has appeared in many of their hit music videos such as "Love Gone Wrong", "Egyedem Begyedem", "Csinald, csinald!".
