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name: "Andrew Laszlo"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "12 January 1926"
died: "7 October 2011"
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updated: "2026-09-16T13:50:52.045674+00:00"
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# Andrew Laszlo

Cinematographer. Born 12 January 1926 in Pápa, Hungary. Died 7 October 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 12 January 1926, Pápa, Hungary
- **Died:** 7 October 2011
- **Also known as:** László András

## Biography

Andrew Laszlo was a Hungarian-American cinematographer. Born László András in Pápa, Hungary, he trained as a camera apprentice in Budapest before the Second World War. He survived internment in a Nazi concentration camp, immigrated to the United States in 1947 and later served as a combat photographer with the US Army Signal Corps during the Korean War.

Laszlo began working in American television in the mid-1950s and shot his first theatrical feature in 1964. He became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers in 1965. His credits include *The Warriors* (1979), *Southern Comfort* (1981) and *Streets of Fire* (1984), all directed by Walter Hill; *First Blood* (1982); *Innerspace* (1987); and *Star Trek V: The Final Frontier* (1989). He also worked on the miniseries *Shōgun* (1980).

Laszlo received two Primetime Emmy nominations for cinematography, for *The Man Without a Country* (1973) and *Shōgun*. He retired from active cinematography after *Newsies* (1992) and later wrote books on his career and the craft.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, variety.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Southern Comfort* (1981), Fi1m 81, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/southern-comfort.md)

## Also known for

- *First Blood* (1982), Director of Photography
- *The Warriors* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Innerspace* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Star Trek V: The Final Frontier* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Poltergeist II: The Other Side* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Streets of Fire* (1984), Director of Photography
- *The Funhouse* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Newsies* (1992), Director of Photography

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