Biography
Károly Szalai is a Hungarian film editor. He was born on 16 December 1972 in Szentendre.
Szalai has edited numerous feature films, including On Body and Soul (2017), Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (2020), Valan: Valley of Angels (2019), The Story of My Wife (2021) and Silent Friend (2026). He has also worked on documentaries and television series.
He received the Balázs Béla Award in 2011 and the Hungarian Film Critics Award for best editing in 2018. Szalai is a founding member of the Hungarian Film Academy and a docent at Budapest Metropolitan University.
