László Nemes (born 18 February 1977) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His debut feature film Son of Saul (2015) was shown in the main competition at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix.

Nemes was born in Budapest, Hungary, but grew up in Paris. He is the son of film director András Jeles. He became interested in cinema at an early age, when he made horror films in the basement of their Paris home. After studying history, international relations and screenwriting, he began working as an assistant director in France and Hungary on short and feature films. For two years he worked as an assistant to Béla Tarr. After shooting his first 35 mm short film With a Little Patience, he moved to New York to study directing. Starting in September 2011, he spent five months in Paris as part of a scholarship program organized by Cinéfondation, where, in collaboration with Clara Royer, he developed the screenplay for Son of Saul.

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