Károly Makk

{{Short description|Hungarian film director (1925–2017)}}

{{Expand Hungarian|topic=culture|date=September 2009|Makk Károly}}

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|image = Makk Károly (cropped).jpg

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| name = Károly Makk

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|12|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Berettyóújfalu, Hungary

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|08|30|1925|12|22|df=yes}}

| death_place = Budapest, Hungary

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| occupation = Film director, screenwriter

| yearsactive = 1954 – 2017

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Károly Makk (December 22, 1925 – August 30, 2017){{cite news|author1=KD|title=Meghalt Makk Károly|url=http://index.hu/kultur/2017/08/30/meghalt_makk_karoly/|access-date=30 August 2017|work=Index|date=August 30, 2017|language=hu}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1973 |title=8th Moscow International Film Festival (1973) |access-date=December 25, 2012 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194922/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1973 |archive-date=January 16, 2013 }} In 1980, he was a member of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1980/04_jury_1980/04_Jury_1980.html |title=Berlinale 1980: Juries |access-date=August 15, 2010 |work=Berlinade|location=Berlin}} His film A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda (2003) was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2003 |title=25th Moscow International Film Festival (2003) |access-date=April 6, 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403123906/http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2003 |archive-date=April 3, 2013 }} From September 27, 2011, he was the president of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts.