Bálint Gelley is a Hungarian animation film director. He graduated from the Animation Department of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in 2012. While studying, he made short films on his own, as well as with fellow animation students, and these films were screened at a number of international festivals. His graduation film called Hearth started its festival tour this March, and was so far selected for several festivals, including Annecy. He participated in Animation Sans Frontiéres in 2012-2013 and he participates in Adapting for Cinema this year.