- 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.
- Smuggled into Austria a documentary--taking up 30,0090 feet of film--he'd created with friend Vilmos Zsigmond of a Hungarian revolt against the;at country's Communist government.
- Member of the "Official Competition" jury at the 59th Venice International Film Festival in 2002.
- Entered the US as a political refugee in 1957.
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