about
My name is Dora Endre.
I am a creative professional and educator, affiliated with SDC, IFTA and the Young Vic's Creators Program.
My Story
I have honed my skills in Media and International Communications at the Metropolitan University Budapest and Filmmaking at the New York Film Academy in Florence and New York. Additionally, I trained in Theatre and Film at LSTFI, New York.
I have also completed courses in Children's Human Rights (University of Geneva), and trainings in Leadership (Cazalla Intercultural) and Inclusion and Refugee Facilitation (Council of Europe, EYC Strasbourg). In 2025, I received an associate degree in Neurobiology and Team Sports Psychology at FC Barcelona's own academy, BIHUB.
Over the past 9 years, my artistic journey as a writer-director-producer has taken me to Italy, Hungary, and the USA. During this time, I have helmed a diverse array of projects—from musicals and devised theatre to Off-Broadway productions, touring shows, commercials, brand campaigns, music videos, and narrative short films.
Additionally, over the past 6 years, I have routinely collaborated as an editor and producer with creative agencies and SaaS platforms, including Alpha Apps, Convey Agency, and Arbor.
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Driven by a passion for supporting fellow creators, I launched Overcut in 2026—an iOS app providing indie filmmakers with practical production tools, real-world case studies, and strategic guidance to take projects from script to screen. Learn more and download the app at overcutfilm.com.
My work has earned recognition at festivals like the Bowery Film Festival, Cambridge Film Festival, Portland Comedy Film Festival, and California Women's Film Festival. In 2026, my short film Table 13 (Café Meridian) was selected to participate in the Sofia Coppola Awards (DCP).
That same year, my upcoming, short documentary The Master of Time was in competition for the Sundance Collab x Merrell Storytelling Campaign to be produced. I have been featured in publications including Marie Claire, Glamour and Bold Journey Magazine. For further press releases and podcast episodes featuring me click here.
As a writer, I have worked on screenplays, research papers, interviews, reviews and articles. I have been contributing to the work of magazines such as Marie Claire, Academia.edu, MovieWeb, Librarius, The Immigrant Managazine, Sustainable Business Magazine and Grand Prix 247. Since January 2022, I have been the head writer of the film column at Art Here Art Now.
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In 2022, I ventured into children's literature with the release of my first book, "Magical Meadows: Rhymes and Mindfulness Exercises." Magical Meadows have been in use at Montessori Camps and a number of primary schools. The book's 2nd edition was published in May, 2024.
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Beyond my artistic pursuits, I frequently volunteer with UNICEF and help NGOs execute their video projects and campaigns through Catchafire.
As a stage director, I was nominated for The Barbara Whitman Award 2022 and have been invited as a filmmaker-speaker to the Critical Youth Work EU Conference (May 2024, Weimar) and selected as an artist in residency by Kulturscio's KulturFactory (August 2024, Lombardy).
In 2026, I collaborated with the Museo Nazionale del Cinema on archival research, resulting in a published paper exploring Orson Welles’s authorial autonomy, political foresight, and cultural sensitivity.
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Thank you for being part of my creative journey.
Warm regards,
DORA
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