Bernadett Tuza-Ritter

Bernadett Tuza-Ritter is a film director, editor, mental health professional, and wellbeing facilitator. She has worked in the international film industry since 2006, contributing to numerous feature films and documentaries. Her directorial debut, the documentary A Woman Captured (2017), premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and achieved major international success.

Alongside her creative work, she is deeply committed to the human side of filmmaking. After completing her mental health studies in Budapest, she specialised in supporting the psychological wellbeing of film and theatre professionals. In 2022, she launched her first wellbeing workshop for filmmakers and later founded the Film & Wellbeing Centre and the Association for Mentally Healthy Productions, both dedicated to promoting mental wellbeing and social sustainability across the creative sector.

She is currently a doctoral student at the University of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest, where she researches the mental health of film professionals and works to integrate mental health awareness and preventive practices into film and theatre education.