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László Kovács

Born 1933-05-14 · Cece, Hungary

László Kovács was a Hungarian cinematographer who was influential in the development of American New Wave films in the 1970s, collaborating with directors like Peter Bogdanovich, Richard Rush, Dennis Hopper, Norman Jewison, and Martin Scorsese.

Acting credits

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood poster
7.1

The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and gripping story of the last golden age of American cinema, an exalted celebration of creativity and experimentation; but also of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll: a turbulent and dark tale of ambition, envy, betrayal, hatred and self-destruction.

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

2003

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos poster
5.6

The artistry, triumph and lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond. With film school equipment, they shoot the Soviet crackdown of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. As refugees they struggle in Hollywood, finally breaking into the mainstream with their pivotal contribution to the "American New Wave."

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

2009

Visions of Light poster
7.0

Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing. Themes: the DP tells people where to look; changes in movies (the arrival of sound, color, and wide screens) required creative responses from DPs; and, these artisans constantly invent new equipment and try new things, with wonderful results. The narration takes us through the identifiable studio styles of the 30s, the emergence of noir, the New York look, and the impact of Europeans. Citizen Kane, The Conformist, and Gordon Willis get special attention.

Visions of Light

1992

Afterthoughts poster
6.5

A 2002 video piece featuring director Bob Rafelson, cinematographer László Kovács, and actor Bruce Dern discussing style and process of the film The King of Marvin Gardens (1972).

Afterthoughts

2002

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage poster
7.1

Documentary about the making and history of the film "Easy Rider."

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

1999

Light Keeps Me Company poster
7.9

Carl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoirs with Sven himself as narrator. A journey to the place of birth, Moheda, constitutes the hub of the film and during the journey friends and memories emerge. Written by Fredrik Klasson

Light Keeps Me Company

2000

Born to Be Wild poster
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This documentary about Easy Rider was created by Nicholas Freand Jones and first aired on BBC2 in December 1995.

Born to Be Wild

1995

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3.3

An intimate window into one of the great movements in film history that brought about an evolution in the art of cinema. The documentary portrays the movement with insight on the lives and works of Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and other principal players in the New Wave.

Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave

1992

The 'New York, New York' Stories poster
10.0

A documentary on the making of Martin Scorsese's 1977 Jazz drama New York, New York

The 'New York, New York' Stories

2005

A Hollywood Life: Remembering Frances poster
10.0

The making of FRANCES, a retrospective documentary.

A Hollywood Life: Remembering Frances

2001

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? poster
2.7

Jerry, his girlfriend Angela, and their friend Harold take a trip to a local seaside carnival, but when the carnival's fortune teller, Madame Estrella, predicts death for someone close to Angela, strange things begin to happen.

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?

1964

The Nasty Rabbit poster
2.7

Russian spies secretly infect rabbits with a deadly bacteria, then let them loose in the U.S.

The Nasty Rabbit

1964

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NR

A documentary about the making of Ship of Fools.

Voyage on a Soundstage