Károly Makk (born December 22, 1925 in Berettyóújfalu, Hungary) 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.

Select filmography

• A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda (2003)
• The Gambler (1997) - about the writing of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novella by the same name
• Hungarian Requiem (1991)
• Another Way (1982) - Won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 1982
• Cat's Play (1972) - Nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974
• Love (1971) - Won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1971
• Lost Paradise (1962)
• The House Under the Rocks (1959)
• Ward No. 9 (1955)
• Liliomfi (1954)

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1925 births | Living people | Hungarian film directors