Károly Makk
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Károly Makk (2010)
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| Born | 22 December 1925 Berettyóújfalu, Hungary |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1954 – present |
Károly Makk (born 22 December 1925) 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. He was born in Berettyóújfalu, Hungary.
In 1973 he was a member of the jury at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival.[1] In 1980 he was a member of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] His 2003 film A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival.[3] Since 27 September 2011 he is the president of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts.
Select filmography[edit]
- Liliomfi (1954)
- Ward No. 9 (1955)
- The House Under the Rocks (1959)
- Lost Paradise (1962)
- Love (1971) - Won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1971
- Cats' Play (1972) - Nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974[4]
- A Very Moral Night (1977)
- Another Way (1982) - Won the award for Best Actress at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival[5]
- The Last Manuscript (1987)
- Hungarian Requiem (1991)
- The Gambler (1997) - about the writing of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novella by the same name
- A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda (2003)
- The Way You Are (2010)
References[edit]
- ^ "8th Moscow International Film Festival (1973)". MIFF. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
- ^ "Berlinale 1980: Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
- ^ "25th Moscow International Film Festival (2003)". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
- ^ "The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Another Way". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
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