Ildy Tihanyi
Ildy Tihanyi
Costume and Set Designer
Ildy Tihanyi is a costume and set designer based in Budapest, working internationally for both film and theatre productions. She first studied production and costume design, then completed her MA at the Film Design Department of the University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE) in Budapest, where she also obtained her doctorate. Later she deepened her knowledge with an experimental approach to fashion design at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME).
Since her first theatre production in 2009 she has been constantly looking for new ways and possibilities, continuously defining and redefining her approach to the design process. In 2023 she received the Costume Designer of the Year professional award.
She started teaching at the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest in 2018. Since 2022 she has been Assistant Professor at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, where she is currently Head of the Scenography Department. She is passionate about teaching the new generation of designers, seeing it as a vivid dialogue between students and teacher that raises new questions about design and examines them from multiple perspectives.
