Károly Makk
Károly Makk was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Five of his films were nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival; however, he 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. In 1980, he was a member of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. His film A [Long Weekend in Pest and Buda] was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival. From September 27, 2011, he was the president of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts.
Select filmography
- Underground Colony
- Liliomfi
- Ward 9
- Tale on the Twelve Points
- The House Under the Rocks
- Lost Paradise
- Love - Won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1971
- Cats' Play - Nominated for Academy [Award for Best Foreign Language Film] in 1974
- A Very Moral Night
- Another Way - Won the award for Best Actress at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival
- Lily in Love
- The Last Manuscript
- Hungarian Requiem
- The Gambler - about the writing of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novella by the same name
- A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda
- ''The Way You Are''