Footnote to History

Mr. Laszlo's career in film and television spans nearly fifty years, from the original Phil Silvers Show (Sgt. Bilko) to Walt Disney Pictures Newsies. After starting his film career as an apprentice at the Motion Picture Studios of Budapest, Hungary, he came to the United States as an immigrant in 1947. He served in the U.S. Army Signal Corp as a cameraman, and was honorably discharged from the Service in 1952. He has traveled extensively throughout the world in connection with his professional activities, and accumulated close to forty major feature film, and a similar number of major television, credits. He is a member of The International Photographers Guild, The Directors Guild of America, The American Society of Cinematographers, The Motion Picture Academy and has served two terms as a Governor of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. In addition to many awards as Producer/Director/Cinematographer of hundreds of television commercials for national advertisers, Mr. Laszlo received Emmy nominations for The Man Without A Country in 1973 and Shogun in 1980. In 2001 he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival. Mr. Laszlo lectures extensively at many of the nation's top Colleges and Universities, and at Institutions such as The American Film InstituteLaszlo, Andrew is the author of 'Footnote to History' with ISBN 9780761824657 and ISBN 0761824650.