Szomjas is a Hungarian director and screenwriter, as well as a member of the Hungarian Association of Television and Film Artists. He began to work on film during 1960s. In the mid 1970s, he made his first well-known films Talpuk alatt fütyül a szél (Bad Guys, 1976), Rosszemberek (The Wind Blows Under Your Feet, 1979), Könnyü testi sértés (Tight Quarters, 1983), Falfúró (1985), Roncsfilm (Junk Film, 1992), Gengszterfilm (Gangster film, 1999) and Vagabond (2003).