Gery Riba is a film director and musician, born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1989. He earned his first degree in Liberal Arts and Philosophy from Pázmány Péter Catholic University. Gery's first foray into filmmaking was directing music videos. He has lived in the USA, Norway, and the UK. He later earned a Master's degree in Film Directing from the Hungarian University of Film and Theatre (SZFE). He has a strong preference for working with non-professional actors in his films.

His works include:

"There are Places" (2018) – Gery's first short film, which explores a haunting dialogue with a girl who recounts the memory of a murder on a Transylvanian farm.

"Midnight Salon" (2019) – A Lynchian-style fiction set in a Budapest hairdressing salon, where mental health issues are treated with black magic. At night, a man enters the occult establishment seeking a cure for the sorrow in his aching heart.

"Moonshine: A Karma to Burn" (2020) – This film follows a drifter, wanted by the police, who tries to survive day-to-day by working as a hired hand.

"Life is a Flower" (2021) – A poignant elder love story about a man returning to an old railway station, where 40 years earlier, he had agreed to meet his love on the same day.

"On Every Street: The Dark Side of Oslo" (2021) – Gery's first documentary, which focuses on heroin users in the early morning hours of downtown Oslo, Norway, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"The Last Night" (2022) – A gritty crime drama in which a drunk girl becomes a victim of a violent incident in a nightclub. The stakes rise when her true identity is revealed.

"Cabana Vali" (2024) – Set in the near future in Eastern Europe, now ruled by two powers, this film follows Szimi, a young woman who discovers she has a twin sister. She sets out to find her and give her half of her inheritance.

"Spot of Shame" (2024) – Soma attempts to confess the crime of his life to his parents before another family reveals his secret.