- Nascido(a) em
- Falecido(a) em22 de julho de 2007 · Beverly Hills, Califórnia, EUA (câncer de pâncreas)
- Apelido
- Leslie Kovacs
- László Kovács nasceu o 14 de maio de 1933 na Hungria. Era operador de câmera e diretor e foi conhecido pelo seu trabalho em Sem Destino (1969), Cada um Vive como Quer (1970) e Os Caça-Fantasmas (1984). Foi casado com Audrey. Morreu o 22 de julho de 2007 em Beverly Hills, Califórnia, EUA.
- CônjugeAudrey(1984 - 22 de julho de 2007) (sua morte, 2 crianças)
- Dennis Hopper asked him to shoot Sem Destino (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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