István Nemeskürty (14 May 1925 – 8 October 2015) was a Hungarian historian, writer, screenwriter and film producer.

Career Nemeskürty played an important role in three major areas of Hungarian cinema: as studio head until 1984; as film historian and author of Word and Image: History of the Hungarian Cinema (Budapest: Corvina Press, 1968; revised edition 1975); and finally as head of the Hungarian Film Institute in the 2000s.

In 1977 he was a member of the jury at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1985 he was a member of the jury at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.

Selected filmography Stars of Eger (1968) Petőfi '73 (1973) The Conquest (1996) (2001)

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