Karel Lamač (27 January 1897 – 2 August 1952) was a Czech film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and singer.

His parents were Karel Lamač sr. (1863–1938), opera singer and a pharmacist, and Františka Lamačová (née Prusíková, 1860–1949).

[2] In his childhood Lamač was interested in pharmacy, electrical engineering, stage magic and acting.

[2] His frequent collaborators were actress Anny Ondra, cinematographer Otto Heller and screenwriter Václav Wasserman.

After the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia he left to Netherlands to make De Spooktrein and then to United Kingdom where he joined Czechoslovak Army.