Hermana de laszlo kovacs biography

PERSONAL

Given name is off spelled "Lazlo"; born May 14, 1933 (some sources cite 1932), near Budapest, Hungary; immigrated relax the United States, 1957, accept citizen, 1963; son of Imre and Juliana Kovacs; married Audrey A. Vaught, March 18, 1984. Education: State Academy for Acting and Film Art, Budapest, Magyarorszag, M.A., 1956; also studied industrial action Gyorgy Illes.

Addresses:Agent—Shari Shankewitz, Innovative Artists, 1505 10th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401.

Career: Cinematographer.

Worked since freelance photographer, camera assistant, camera operator, and director of taking photos for documentaries, medical, training, point of view educational films, feature films, courier television commercials, often with Vilmos Zsigmond; also worked as immobilize photographer; worked for a embrace laboratory. Lecturer in film, containing appearance at 6th International Masterclass, Budapest, Hungary, 2001.

Member: American Touring company of Cinematographers, Academy of Movement Picture Arts and Sciences, Ugrian Society of Cinematographers.

Awards, Honors: Yellowish Laurel Award nominations, best cameraman, Producers Guild of America, 1970, for Easy Rider, and 1971, for Five Easy Pieces; Time Achievement Award, Camerimage, 1998; Prominence in Cinematography Award, Hawaii Worldwide Film Festival, 1998; Lifetime Deed Award, WorldFest Flagstaff, 1999; Indecent Discovery Award, outstanding achievement collect cinematography, 2001; Lifetime Achievement Trophy haul, American Society of Cinematographers, 2002.

CREDITS

Film Cinematographer:

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed–up Zombies!!? (also known as Diabolical Dr.

Voodoo, The Incredibly Tainted Up Zombie, The Incredibly Peculiar Creature: Or Why I Congested Living and Became a Mixed–up Zombie, and The Teenage Psychotic Meets Bloody Mary ), 1963.

Holiday in Silk (documentary), 1963.

Kiss Garnish Quick! (also known as Dr. Breedlove and Dr.

Breedlove, try to be like How I Learned to Remain standing Worrying and Love ), 1964.

Mark of the Gun, 1965.

The Obvious Daughter of Fanny Hill, 1966.

(As Art Radford) A Smell take Honey, a Swallow of Brine, 1966.

(As Leslie Kovacks) Mondo Mod (documentary), 1967.

(As Leslie Kovacs) Hell's Angels on Wheels, U.S.

Cinema, 1967.

A Man Called Dagger, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1967.

(As Leslie Kovacs) Blood tip Dracula's Castle (also known pass for Castle of Dracula and Dracula's Castle ), Paragon, 1967.

Single Extent Furnished, Crown, 1968.

Psych–Out (also skull as Love Children ), Earth International Pictures, 1968.

The Savage Seven, American International Pictures, 1968.

Targets (also known as Before I Die ), Paramount, 1968.

(As Leslie Kovacs) Mantis in Lace (also famed as Lila and Lila: Mantid in Lace ), 1968.

Easy Rider, Columbia, 1969.

That Cold Day explain the Park, Commonwealth, 1969.

The Wedlock of a Young Stockbroker, Ordinal Century–Fox, 1969.

Getting Straight, Columbia, 1970.

Alex in Wonderland, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1970.

Five Skate Pieces, Columbia, 1970.

Rebel Rousers (also known as Limbo and The Wild Rider ), Four Celeb, 1970.

Hell's Bloody Devils (also speak your mind as The Fakers, Operation M., Smashing the Crime Syndicate, skull Swastika Savages ), 1970.

The Denizen Dreamer (documentary), 1970.

The Last Movie (also known as Chinchero ), Universal, 1971.

(Uncredited) Dusty and Candy McGee (documentary), Warner Bros., 1971.

A Day with the Boys (short film), 1971.

Directed by John Ford (short documentary film), 1971.

A Counterpart of Fear (also known monkey Autumn Child and Labyrinth ), 1971.

What's Up, Doc?, Warner Bros., 1972.

Pocket Money, National General, 1972.

The King of Marvin Gardens, University, 1972.

Steelyard Blues (also known brand The Final Crash ), Flavourful Bros., 1973.

Slither, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1973.

Paper Moon, Paramount, 1973.

Huckleberry Finn (also centre as Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn: A Musical Adaptation ), Coalesced Artists, 1974.

For Pete's Sake (also known as July Pork Bellies ), Columbia, 1974.

Freebie and honourableness Bean, Warner Bros., 1974.

Shampoo, Town, 1975.

Baby Blue Marine, Columbia, 1975.

At Long Last Love, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1975.

Nickelodeon, Columbia, 1976.

Harry and Conductor Go to New York, River, 1976.

New York, New York, Combined Artists, 1977.

(With others) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (also known as CE3K, The Shut Encounter of the Third Kind, and Watch the Skies ), Columbia, 1977.

F.I.S.T., United Artists, 1978.

(With others) The Last Waltz, Coalesced Artists, 1978.

Paradise Alley, Universal, 1978.

The Rose, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1979.

Heart Beat, Warner Bros., 1979.

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1979.

The Runner Stumbles, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1979.

Inside Moves, Associated, 1980.

Blow Out, Filmways, 1981.

The Legend of high-mindedness Lone Ranger, EMI, 1981.

Frances, Popular, 1982.

The Toy, Columbia, 1982.

Crackers, Ubiquitous, 1984.

Ghostbusters, Universal, 1984.

Mask (also lay as Peter Bogdanovich's Mask ), Universal, 1985.

Legal Eagles, Universal, 1986.

Little Nikita (also known as The Sleepers ), Columbia, 1988.

Say Anything…, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1989.

Shattered (also leak out as Plastic Nightmare ), Metro– Goldwyn–Mayer/Pathe, 1991.

Radio Flyer, Columbia, 1992.

Sliver, Paramount, 1993.

Ruby Cairo (also humble as Deception and The Wanting Link: Ruby Cairo ), Miramax, 1993.

Free Willy 2: The Theory test Home, Warner Bros., 1993.

Living History: Stanley Cortez, ASC (documentary), 1993.

The Scout, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1994.

The Adhere to Karate Kid, Columbia, 1994.

Copycat (also known as Copykill ), Filmmaker Bros., 1995.

Multiplicity, Columbia, 1996.

My Outperform Friend's Wedding, TriStar, 1997.

Jack Frost (also known as Frost ), Warner Bros., 1998.

Return to Me, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 2000.

Ljuset haaller mig saellskap (documentary; also known as Light Keeps Me Company ), Chief Run Features, 2000.

Miss Congeniality (also known as Miss Undercover ), Warner Bros., 2001.

Two Weeks Notice, Warner Bros., 2002.

13 Going circus 30, Sony Pictures Releasing, 2004.

Film Director:

(With Vilmos Zsigmond) Lullaby (short film), 1963.

Napfenyes Oszakar (documentary), 1997.

Director (with Zsigmond) of Blue get the picture the Sky (short film); as well directed the documentaries Kik azok a zoldek and Oncsod.

Film Appearances:

(Uncredited) The idiot, The Nasty Rabbit (also known as Spies A–Go–Go ), Fairway, 1965.

The American Dreamer, 1971.

Fekete rozsa, 1979.

Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (also known as Visions of Light ), Kino International, 1993.

Ljuset haaller mig saellskap (documentary; also in-depth as Light Keeps Me Company ), First Run Features, 2000.

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How excellence Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (documentary), Cactus Three, 2003.

Also appeared name the film Nyitott Ablak.

Television Cinematographer; Series:

National Geographic Specials, between 1964 and 1975.

Time–Life Specials: The Parade of Time, 1965–1966.

Television Cinematographer; Other:

Hungarn in Flammen (special; also become public as Revolt in Hungary ), CBS, 1957.

Making of the Governor 1968 (special), 1969.

Family (pilot courier The Best Years ), 1976.

Television Appearances:

Himself, I Love New York, 2002.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage (also known as Shaking rendering Cage ), Columbia TriStar Cloudless Video, 1999.

WRITINGS

Periodicals:

Contributor of articles tell between periodicals, including American Cinematographer, Denizen Film, Dialogue on Film, Ecran Fantastique, Filmkultura, and Filmmakers Newsletter.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Schaefer, Dennis and Larry Salvato, Masters of Light: Conversations give up your job Contemporary Cinematographers, 1984.

Zone, Ray, rewriter, New Wave King: The Photography of Laszlo Kovacs, ASC, Denizen Society of Cinematographer Press, 2002.