Barnabás Hegyi was born on March 4, 1914 in Zboró, Austria-Hungary [now Zborov, Slovakia]. He was a cinematographer, known for Leányvásár (1941), Három csengö (1941) and Ének a búzamezökröl (1947). He was married to Éva Martin. He died on April 28, 1966 in Budapest, Hungary.