In the 1990s Kornél Szilágyi became known for his experimental films as well as motion pictures. Furthermore he cofounded various experimental workshops together with hungarian independent filmmakers and musicians. Towards the End of the 1990s he also collaborated with Nándor Hevesi under the pseudonym Igor und Ivan Buharov.
Kornél Szilágyi was born in 1971 in Hungary. He studied at the Eötvös Lóránd University and at the Intermedia Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest.