- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- Leslie Kovacs
- László Kovács was born on May 14, 1933 in Cece, Hungary. He is known for his work on Easy Rider (1969), Five Easy Pieces (1970), Ghostbusters (1984) and Copycat (1995). He won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the ASC in 2002. He was married to Audrey. He died on July 22, 2007 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- IMDb mini biography by: MzAic
- SpouseAudrey(1984 - July 22, 2007) (his death, 2 children)
- Dennis Hopper asked him to shoot Easy Rider (1969). At first Kovacs turned it down, but Hopper was persistent. It was filmed entirely on location, during a 12-week trip from Los Angeles to New Orleans. Later Kovacs said that they knew the film was special, but didn't realize it would win awards and become an influential, iconic movie.
- He was born on a farm in Hungary, and studied film in Budapest during the 1950s.
- Member of the "Official Competition" jury at the 59th Venice International Film Festival in 2002.
- Member of the ASC's board of directors and the ASC Education Committee.
- Recipient of two lifetime achievement awards for cinematography: one at the Hawaii International Film Festival and one at CamerImage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, in Torun, Poland, in 1998.
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