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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.
Károly Makk | |
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| Born | 22 December 1925 |
| Died | 30 August 2017 (aged 91) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1954 – 2017 |
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.
Select filmography
edit- Underground Colony (1951)
- Liliomfi (1954)
- Ward 9 (1955)
- Tale on the Twelve Points (1957)
- The House Under the Rocks (1958)
- 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[5]
- A Very Moral Night (1977)
- Deadly Game (1982)
- Another Way (1982) - Won the award for Best Actress at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival[6]
- Lily in Love (1984)
- 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- ^ KD (August 30, 2017). "Meghalt Makk Károly". Index (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "8th Moscow International Film Festival (1973)". MIFF. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
- ^ "Berlinale 1980: Juries". Berlinade. Berlin. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
- ^ "25th Moscow International Film Festival (2003)". MIFF. Archived from the original on April 3, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
- ^ "The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners". Oscars. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Another Way". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
External links
edit- Károly Makk at IMDb
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