Biography
Veteran cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs is best known for his award-winning work on "Easy Rider" and "Five Easy Pieces." He studied cinema at the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest where he met fellow student Vilmos Zsigmond, with whom he shot secret footage of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Kovacs settled in the United States and worked at several manual labor jobs, including printing microfilm, before his breakthrough in the 1969 film "Easy Rider," directed by Dennis Hopper. Kovacs filmed more than 70 motion pictures throughout his career and collaborated numerous times with director Peter Bogdanovich. The two worked together on the films "Targets," "What's Up, Doc?," "Paper Moon," "At Long Last Love," "Nickelodeon" and "Mask." Other non-Bogdanovich credits include "Jack Frost," "Multiplicity" and "The Next Karate Kid." He died in his sleep at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on July 22 2007. Kovacs was the recipient of the ASC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002.
