Gulyás took a degree in art history, Hungarian literature and philosophy in 1968, and also architecture in 1979. He began to work in film as an amateur with his brother Janos Gulyás. Važniji filmovi su mu
Túlvilági beszélö (1992),
Tanítványok (1999) i
Fény hull az arcodra (Light Falls on Your Face, 2001).