‘Pieces Of A Woman’ Filmmaker Kornel Mundruczo Signs With WME

EXCLUSIVE: Hungarian filmmaker Kornel Mundruczo, best known for titles like White God (2014) and Pieces of a Woman (2020), has signed with WME. 

Mundruczo, who also founded the Budapest-based independent film production company Proton Cinema Kornél, will continue to be represented by Stuart Manashil of Novo.

Next, the filmmaker is set to direct At the Sea, a feature starring an ensemble cast including Amy Adams, Brett Goldstein, Murray Bartlett, Jenny Slate, Dan Levy, and Chloe East. Mundruczo has also signed on to direct The Revolution According to Kamo, a biopic about the friendship between Simon Arshaki Ter-Petrosyan and his best childhood friend Soso who would go on to become Joseph Stalin. Mundrcuczo’s frequent collaborator Kata Weber has penned the screenplay, which is an adaption of an original script by Pawel Pawlikowski and Ben Hopkins.

After studying film and television at the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Hungary, Mundruczó debuted his first film, Pleasant Days, in 2002 at Locarno where it won the Silver Leopard. 

His subsequent premieres at Cannes include Johanna (2005 Un Certain Regard), Delta (2008 Official Competition and winner of FIPRESCI prize), Tender Son (2010 Official Competition), White God (2014 Un Certain Regard, Prize Un Certain Regard Winner), and Jupiter’s Moon (2017 Official Competition). 

Mundruczó’s 2020 English-language debut Pieces of a Woman had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The film starred Vanessa Kirby, who picked up the festival’s Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her role in the film. Kirby was also nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. 

On the TV side, Mundruczó executive produced and directed the first three episodes of Apple’s miniseries The Crowded Room starring Tom Holland, Amanda Seyfried, Sasha Lane, and Christopher Abbot.