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BIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW LASZLO:
Andrew Laszlo was born on January 12, 1926 in Papa, Hungary. His education in one of Hungary’s best private schools was interrupted by the German occupation of Hungary on March 19, 1944. Shortly after, Mr. Laszlo was conscripted into a forced labor unit of the Hungarian Army. He escaped twice and was recaptured and transported to the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in Germany, and from there to the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp in Czechoslovakia. Having survived the camps but losing his family, he immigrated to the United States on January 17, 1947. After a difficult start learning the English language, he continued his childhood infatuation with the camera, working in various jobs that involved photography. He was the first person drafted from New York City during the Korean War and spent two years in the United States Army Signal Corps as a combat cameraman with the rank of Sergeant. While in the service, in 1952, he married his wife, Ann Granger. After being honorably discharged from the service he eventually established himself as a cinematographer and rose to prominence as one of Hollywood’s top cinematographers. His career in film and television spans nearly fifty years, from the original “PHIL SILVERS SHOW” (Sgt. Bilko) to Walt Disney Pictures “NEWSIES”. He has traveled extensively throughout the world in connection with his professional activities, and accumulated close to forty major feature films, and an equally large number of major television, credits. He is a member of “The International Photographers Guild”, “The Directors Guild of America”, “The American Society of Cinematographers,” “The Motion Picture Academy” and has served two terms as a Governor of “The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences”. Mr. Laszlo received Emmy nominations for filming Edward Everett Hale’s classic: “THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY” in 1973 and the epic mini-series “SHOGUN” in 1980. In 2001 he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Worldfest – Houston International Film Festival, and with a second Lifetime Achievement Award at the Alba Regia International Film Festival in Hungary in 2006. Mr. Laszlo lectures extensively at many of the country’s top Colleges and Universities. He has also given numerous seminars for industry professionals and future filmmakers in the U. S., as well as in Canada, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and at the Cannes Film Festival as part of the Kodak Visiting Artists Program. He has written numerous articles in most of the leading industry publications, as well as authoring six recent books: Every Frame a Rembrandt (2000), a comprehensive study of the making of five of his feature films; Footnote to History (2002), an autobiography of his childhood in Europe during WW II; The Seven Graces of God (2003), his first novel; It’s a Wrap, about off-beat experiences during his years in filmmaking, and The Rat Catcher, his second published novel. His third novel, A Fight of No Consequence came out in March of 2006. Mr. Laszlo’s hobbies include, quite naturally, photography, writing, flying, wood and metalworking, and above all, fly-fishing. He lives with his wife on Long Island, New York. Please visit www.andrewlaszlo.com for additional information.
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