"A hard-working genius" and "a great Hungarian American" was how the late cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs was described Monday at a tribute to the man and his work in Hollywood. The event was organized by the Consulate General of Hungary in Los Angeles.
Kovacs, said Ambassador Balazs Bokor, Consul General of Hungary, was "a witness of the 1956 revolution in Hungary, the 51st anniversary of which we are going to celebrate on October 23. It was a milestone of Hungarian history, bloodily pushed down by the Soviet tanks. He did not plan to escape from Hungary: He and his life-long friend, Vilmos Zsigmond, left the country rescuing the very precious film made by them about the revolutionary events. He put his fingerprint on the history of filmmaking forever."
The event was hosted by Raleigh Studios in the Chaplin Building and included testimonials and tributes from world-renowned Hungarian and U.S. film luminaries, including Oscar-winning cinematographer Zsigmond. Others included cinema journalist Bob Fisher; Steven Lighthill, senior filmmaker in residence at the AFI; Michael Newport, manager, Raleigh Film; Gyula Gazdag, filmmaker and UCLA professor; USC professor Gabor Kalman; Bela Bunyik, founder and president of the Hungarian Film Festival in Los Angeles; Robert Gyri, president of the William Fox Film Club; and "56 Drops of Blood" director Attila Bokor.
Kovacs, said Ambassador Balazs Bokor, Consul General of Hungary, was "a witness of the 1956 revolution in Hungary, the 51st anniversary of which we are going to celebrate on October 23. It was a milestone of Hungarian history, bloodily pushed down by the Soviet tanks. He did not plan to escape from Hungary: He and his life-long friend, Vilmos Zsigmond, left the country rescuing the very precious film made by them about the revolutionary events. He put his fingerprint on the history of filmmaking forever."
The event was hosted by Raleigh Studios in the Chaplin Building and included testimonials and tributes from world-renowned Hungarian and U.S. film luminaries, including Oscar-winning cinematographer Zsigmond. Others included cinema journalist Bob Fisher; Steven Lighthill, senior filmmaker in residence at the AFI; Michael Newport, manager, Raleigh Film; Gyula Gazdag, filmmaker and UCLA professor; USC professor Gabor Kalman; Bela Bunyik, founder and president of the Hungarian Film Festival in Los Angeles; Robert Gyri, president of the William Fox Film Club; and "56 Drops of Blood" director Attila Bokor.
- 10/16/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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