Biography
László Kovács was a Hungarian-American cinematographer. Born in Cece, Hungary, he studied cinema at the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest before emigrating to the United States in 1957.
He became known for his work on American New Wave films of the late 1960s and 1970s. His credits include Easy Rider (1969), Five Easy Pieces (1970), Paper Moon (1973) and six films with director Peter Bogdanovich, among them Targets (1968) and Mask (1985). Later films include Ghostbusters (1984), Say Anything... (1989) and My Best Friend's Wedding (1997).
Kovács was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers and received its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002. He died in Beverly Hills, California, in 2007.
