Cinematographer Andrew Laszlo died in Montana on October 7, 2011. He was 85. Laszlo was born in Papa, Hungary, on January 12, 1926. He began working as a camera apprentice at a Budapest film studio prior to World War II. He and his family were sent to a Nazi concentration camp during the war, and he was the only survivor. He came to the United States in 1947 and worked as a freelance photographer. He served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps as a combat photographer during the Korean War. Laszlo produced industrial films before becoming a camera operator and cinematographer for television in the late 1950s, working on such series as "The Phil Silvers Show", "Naked City", and "Coronet Blue". He made his feature film debut as cinematographer for 1964’s "One Potato, Two Potato", and filmed the 1966 documentary "The Beatles at Shea Stadium". He also photographed the films "You’re a Big Boy Now" (1966), "The Night They Raided Minsky’s" (1968), "Popi" (1969), "The Out of Towners" (1970), "Lovers and Other Strangers" (1970), "The Owl and the Pussycat" (1970), "Jennifer on My Mind" (1971), "To Find a Man" (1972), "Class of ‘44" (1973), "Cool Red" (1976), "Thieves" (1977), "Somebody Killed Her Husband" (1978), "The Warriors" (1979), "The Funhouse" (1981), "Southern Comfort" (1981), "I, the Jury" (1982), "First Blood" (1982), "Streets of Fire" (1984), "Thief of Hearts" (1984), "That’s Dancing!" (1985), "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins" (1985), "Poltergeist II: The Other Side" (1986), "Innerspace" (1987), "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" (1989), "Ghost Dad" (1990), and "Newsies" (1992). He also filmed the television productions "Teacher, Teacher" (1969), "Back Water Gold" (1970), "The Man Without a Country" (1973) which earned him an Emmy Award nomination, "Miracle on 34th Street" (1973), "Hunters of the Reef" (1978), "The Dain Curse" (1978), "Top of the Hill" (1980), the 1980 mini-series "Shogun" earning another Emmy nomination, "Thin Ice:" (1981), and "Love Is Forever" (1983).
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