Born in Senta in 1970. Completed the comprehensive school in Kanjiža and the high school in Senta. After completing the secondary education, attended and passed a few film courses in Hungary and Yugoslavia (Szentes, Bogács, Kemence, Kanjiža). Has been engaged in film since 1992. With documentaries and short feature films competed at many festivals in Hungary and Yugoslavia.The documentary “Aracs pusztatemplom” (a film about the ruins of Aracs church in Banat), won the first prize at Eger in Hungary in 1998, at the Festival of documentaries and also won the first prize in Bečej. The documentary “Cigonja”, in the category of Culture, in Lakitelek (Hungary), won the first prize.The etude “Blossoming of the Tisa” won the special prize of the jury in Lakitelek (Hungary) in 2004 and the special prize of the Duna television in Kazincbarcik (Hungary), in 2005. Since 1996 Attila Iván has been working as a cameraman and the editor with Info television in Kanjiža, and since 2001 as the chief editor Founder and the President of the Civil Organisation “Cinema Filmworkshop” since 2002.