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Károly Makk | |
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Died | 30 August 2017 | (aged 91)
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1954 – 2017 |
Károly Makk (December 22, 1925 – August 30, 2017) [1] 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. [2] In 1980, he was a member of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. [3] His film A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda (2003) was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival. [4] From September 27, 2011, he was the president of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts.