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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-12-23 (99 years old)

Place of Birth

Berettyóújfalu, Hungary

Károly Makk

Biography:

Károly Makk (born 23 December 1925 in Berettyóújfalu, Hungary) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Five of his films have been nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival without success; however, he has won lesser awards at Cannes and elsewhere.

In 1973 he was a member of the jury at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1980 he was a member of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. His 2003 film A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival. Since September 27, 2011, he is the president of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts.

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Known For

Acting

2010

1956

Directing

2010

1997

The Gambler as Director

1996

1990

Hungarian Requiem as Director

1987

1984

Lily in Love as Director

1982

Another Way as Director
Deadly Game as Director
Vendéglátás as Director

1980

A bolond lány as Director

1977

A Very Moral Night as Director

1976

1974

Cat's Play as Director

1972

the famous escapes as Director

1971

Love as Director

1968

Before God and Man as Director

1964

1963

The Last But One as Director

1962

The Fanatics as Director
The Lost Paradise as Director

1960

1957

1955

Lily Boy as Director
Ward No. 9 as Director

1953

The Day of Wrath as Co-Director

1952

A képzett beteg as Director

1951

Underground Colony as Director

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Writing

2010

1997

1990

Hungarian Requiem as Screenplay

1982

Another Way as Writer
Deadly Game as Writer
Vendéglátás as Writer

1980

Circus Maximus as Writer

1974

Cat's Play as Writer

1962

The Fanatics as Screenplay
The Lost Paradise as Screenplay

1951

Production