Andrew Laszlo, Primetime Emmy-Nominated Cinematographer
In addition to a long list of feature films, Lazlo worked on many television series, movies and miniseries.
Andrew Laszlo, a Primetime Emmy-nominated cinematographer, died October 7, 2012, in Bozeman, Montana. He was 85.
A native of Hungary who survived imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp, came to the U.S. in 1947.
In the 1950s he began working as a camera operator on such TV series as The Phil Silvers Show, and went on to become director of photography on the series Naked City and Coronet Blue.
Laszlo went on to become a prolific cinematographer with many high-profile feature film credits, including The Night They Raided Minsky’s, First Blood, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Poltergeist II: The Other Side, Innerspace and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
He also remained active in television, and earned Emmy nominations for the 1973 telefilm The Man without a Country and the 1980 miniseries Shogun. Other long-form TV work included The Dain Curse, Top of the Hill and Love is Forever.
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