RÉKA PIGNICZKY (Lansdale, Pennsylvania, 1970) is a television journalist and independent documentary filmmaker, co-founder of 56Films Hungary. She worked for the Associated Press Television News for over 10 years, both in New York and Budapest. She completed her first feature- length documentary in 2006 titled Journey Home: a story from the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. It won awards in Hungary and was invited to screen at a number of international film festivals. She completed her second feature-length documentary, Inkubátor, in 2010, which was shown in theatres across Hungary and voted one of the 25 best films released that year. Her latest film, a documentary short The Life of László Hudec (2011) had its Hungarian première during the 43rd Film Week.