György Baráthy

Writer (Hungary)

György is a Hun­gari­an writer and story edit­or. He was a story addict from an early age, so he was for­tu­nate to end up at the Uni­ver­sity of Theat­er and Film Arts in Bud­apest. Since 2011, he has worked for HBO Europe and has writ­ten 32 ori­gin­al epis­odes (In Treat­ment, When Shall We Kiss, Ven­eer). His short film Youni­verse premiered on HBO Max in 2020. Bey­ond tele­vi­sion, György has worked as a dram­at­urg, play­wright, and trans­lat­or on more than 80 theatre pro­duc­tions. He works as a ment­or and story edit­or for some of Europe’s lead­ing TV devel­op­ment pro­grams, includ­ing Torino­FilmLab SeriesLab, Seri­al Eyes, and MID­POINT. He is also the cre­at­or of the 7+7 Meth­od, a devel­op­ment frame­work for TV series, and reg­u­larly gives work­shops and mas­ter­classes across Europe on dif­fer­ent aspects of con­tem­por­ary tele­vi­sion writ­ing. His book on the 7+7 Meth­od is com­ing out in early 2027.