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20th-century Hungarian screenwriters

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Arthur Koestler
Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983)
László Krasznahorkai
László Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian writer, novelist and screenwriter. Krasznahorkai is known for his difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, which explore dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, including his novels Satantango (1985) and The Melancholy of Resistance (1989), have been adapted into feature films by the director Béla Tarr.
Béla Tarr
Hungarian filmmaker and anarchist (1955–2026)
Miklós Jancsó
Hungarian film director and screenwriter (1921–2014)
István Szabó
Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director (born 1938)
George Tabori
Hungarian writer and theatre director (1914–2007)
Ildikó Enyedi
Hungarian film director, screenwriter
Márta Mészáros
Hungarian screenwriter and film director (born 1931)
Zoltán Fábri
Hungarian actor, film director (1917–1994)
Emeric Pressburger
Hungarian-British screenwriter, director and producer (1902–1988)
Lajos Bíró
Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1880–1948)
Ferenc Kósa
Hungarian film director and screenwriter (1937–2018)
András Kovács
Film director, Screenwriter (1925–2017)
Terézia Mora
German Hungarian writer, screenwriter and translator (born 1971)
Géza von Bolváry
Hungarian actor, filmmaker (1897–1961)
László Szabó
Hungarian actor, film director and screenwriter
Zoltan Korda
Hungarian born British film director, film producer (1895-1961)
Marcell Jankovics
Hungarian film director (1941-2021)
Miklós Vámos
Hungarian writer
Mária Szepes
Journalist and author (1908-2007)
István Gaál
Hungarian film director (1933–2007)
Jenő Janovics
Hungarian film director (1872–1945)
Péter Bacsó
film director (1928–2009)
Pál Gábor
Film director, Screenwriter (1932–1987)
János Szász
Hungarian film director, screenwriter and theater director
Pál Sándor
Hungarian film director, film, producer and screenwriter
János Zsombolyai
Hungarian cinematographer, film director and screenwriter
Péter Gothár
Hungarian film director, screenwriter
Ferenc András
Hungarian film director and screenwriter (1942–2024)
Melchior Lengyel
Hungarian writer (1880-1974)
Erzsébet Galgóczi
Hungarian writer, journalist, screenwriter, politician (1930-1989)
Lívia Gyarmathy
Film director, Screenwriter (1932–2022)
Gyula Maár
Film director, Screenwriter (1934-2013)
Imre Gyöngyössy
Hungarian filmmaker (1930–1994)
Judit Elek
Hungarian film director
István Bujtor
Hungarian actor, director, producer and screenplay writer (1942–2009)
Ladislaus Vajda
Hungarian screenwriter (1877-1933)
Géza Bereményi
Hungarian writer, song and screenplay writer and director (born 1946)
Ferenc Török
Hungarian film director, screenwriter
Frigyes Bán
Hungarian filmmaker (1902–1969)
Róbert Koltai
Hungarian actor
Károly Lajthay
Film director, Actor
György Révész
Hungarian film director (1927-2003)
Ákos Ráthonyi
Hungarian film director, screenwriter (1908-1969)
Ferenc Sánta
Hungarian writer (1927-2008)
Gyula Hernádi
Hungarian writer and screenwriter (1926–2005)
Can Togay
Hungarian film director (born 1955)
Ferenc Kardos
Hungarian film director (1937–1999)
Péter Tímár
Hungarian film director and screenwriter
Zoltán Kamondi
Hungarian film director (1960-2016)
Sándor Simó
film director, film producer, screenwriter (1934–2001)
János Székely
Hungarian writer and screenwriter (1901-1958)
György Fehér
Hungarian film director and screenwriter (1939-2002)
Ernest Vajda
Hungarian screenwriter (1886–1954)
Béla Balogh
Hungarian filmmaker
György Szomjas
Hungarian film director and screenwriter (1940-2021)
Béla Gaál
Hungarian actor, film director and screenwriter (1893–1945)
Ladislas Fodor
Hungarian novelist, playwright and screenwriter (1898-1978)
István Nemeskürty
Hungarian screenwriter, film producer (1925–2015)
Nicolas Farkas
Hungarian born American filmmaker (1890-1982)