Hannah: Buddhism's Untold Journey

Directors

Marta György-Kessler
Marta György-Kessler worked as an actress in Hungary when she got to know Buddhism through Hannah and Ole Nydahl in 1990. Since then she has lived and worked in many Buddhist centres in Europe. Since 2002 she herself has been travelling in many countries as a Buddhist teacher.

For over 15 years Marta travelled together with Hannah and Lama Ole. During this time she experienced their activities directly and developed a very close relationship with Hannah in particular. In 2009 she had the idea to write down Hannah's life story – the basis for this project. "Hannah: Buddhism's Untold Journey" is Marta's first documentary film. Marta lives in London.

Adam Penny
Adam Penny has worked in the media industry for twelve years and specialises in documentaries, commercials and brand campaigns. "Movimento" for Channel 4, a 2002 film about street children and favelas in Rio, was his first documentary feature film. Other film projects followed, including "The Urban Chef" for BBC2, "World's Youngest Daredevils" for Sky and "The Four Year Plan", a documentary about the indebted football club QPR, which was taken over by billionaires.

As Managing Director and Creative Director of Connected Pictures, Adam has also worked for well-known agencies such as Saatchi & Saatchi, CHI&Partners and Adam&EveDDB on campaigns for Microsoft, SABMiller, British Airways, HSBC and Nissan. Adam lives in London.

Marta György-Kessler and Hannah Nydahl