Born: 12 January 1926, Papa, Hungary, as László András (or born in Sombor, Yugoslavia, into an ethnic Hungarian family; moved with his family to Hungary).

Career: Became camera apprentice at a Budapest film studio when WWII erupted. His family was transferred to a concentration camp by the Nazis; he alone survived. Went to the USA in 1947 and became freelance still ph and photo lab asst. Drafted in the US Army Signal Corps [1950-52]. Was combat ph in Korea. After his military service, he became still ph, then in-plant ph for a company manufacturing wallpaper. Did movie work for an industrial film producer in Pittsburgh. Became c.op on the tv-series 'Naked City'. Became doph on the same series in 1963.

Formed Andrew Laszlo Productions producing commercials. Taught cinematography at workshops, seminars and universities, e.g. Regent University, Virginia Beach, and the Montana State University. His son Jeffrey is a c.op. Active member of the ASC since November 1965. Appeared in the doc 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan].

Wrote the books 'Every Frame a Rembrandt - Art and Practice of Cinematography' [Focal Press, 2000], 'Footnote to History' [autobiography; University Press of America, 2002], 'The Seven Graces of God' [novel; PublishAmerica, 2003], 'It's a Wrap!' [on his films; ASC Press, 2004], 'The Rat Catcher' [novel; Dan River Press, 2004] & 'A Fight of No Consequence' [2005].

Awards: 'Emmy' Award nom [1973] for 'The Man Without a Country'; 'Emmy' Award nom [1980] for 'Shogun' [for ep #4]; Lifetime Achievement Award, Worldfest - Houston [2001].

1963        One Potato, Two Potato [Larry Peerce] b&w

1966        You're a Big Boy Now [Francis Ford Coppola] c

1967        The Night They Raided Minsky's [ William Friedkin] c; 2uc: Peter Garbarini

1968        Popi [Arthur Hiller] c; Florida ph: Ross Lowell

1969        The Angel Levine [Jan Kadar] c; cph: Dick Kratina

1969        The Out-of-Towners [Arthur Hiller] c

1969        Lovers and Other Strangers [Cy Howard] c

1970        The Owl and the Pussycat [Herbert Ross] p/c; took over from doph Harry Stradling Sr., who died during prod

1971        Jennifer on My Mind [Noel Black] c

1971        To Find a Man/Sex and the Teenager [Buzz Kulik] c

1972        Class of '44 [Paul Bogart] p/c

1975        Countdown at Kusini/Cool Red [Ossie Davis] c

1975        Thieves [John Berry (replaced by Al Viola] c; cph: Arthur Ornitz

1976        Rockshow/Wings Over the World [Paul McCartney (uncred)] c; rock doc/103m; co-c.op; ph: Jack Priestley; released in 1980

1976        Angela [Boris Sagal] c; ?; ph: Marc Champion

1977        Somebody Killed Her Husband [Lamont Johnson] p/c; cph: Ralf Bode

1978        The Warriors [Walter Hill] c

1980        The Funhouse/Carnival of Terror [Tobe Hooper] p/c; addph (uncred): Daniel Pearl

1980        Southern Comfort [Walter Hill] c

1981        I, the Jury [Richard Heffron] c; 2uc: Peter Passas

1981        First Blood/Rambo: First Blood [Ted Kotcheff] p/c; 2uc: Rod Parkhurst & John Holbrook; hph: Thomas Neuwirth

1982        Comeback/Passion and Valor [Hall Bartlett] c; uwph: Al Giddings; shown on tv in modified version as 'Love Is Forever'

1983        Streets of Fire [: A Rock & Roll Fable] [Walter Hill] c

1983        That's Dancing! [Jack Haley Jr.] scope/c; comp film/105m; co-addph: Paul Lohmann

1984        Thief of Hearts [Douglas Day Stewart] c; addph: Paul G. Ryan

1984        Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins/Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous [Guy Hamilton] c; 2uc: James Contner

                    (New York), Jon Fauer (New York + title seq) & David Worth (Mexico)

1985        Poltergeist II: The Other Side [Brian Gibson] p/c

1986        Innerspace [Joe Dante] c; 2uc: David Worth; vfx ph: Don Dow, Pete Kozachik & Kim Marks

1988        Star Trek V: The Final Frontier [William Shatner] p/c; matte ph: Marc Sawicki

1989        Ghost Dad [Sidney Poitier] c; 2uc: David Nowell; aph: Michael Kelem; vfx ph: John E. Sullivan

1991        Newsies/Newsboys [Kenny Ortega] p/c

1997        Deerslayer [Bill Lowry] announced; status unknown

1958        High Adventure [with Lowell Thomas] [e.g. ep filmed in Venezuela; prod: Lowell Thomas Jr.] travel doc series for

                    CBS-tv, 1957-59

1958        The Addicted [Paul Wasserman] 2-part tvm; cph: ?

1958        The Ed Sullivan Show [ep #544 'From Alaska', #549 'Fidel Castro' (6m segment filmed in Cuba), #557 'Ireland' & #558

                    'From Portugal' dir by Robert Precht] variety series, 1948-71; 12th season, 1958-59

1960        The Twentieth Century/The 20th Century/The Twenty-First Century [host: Walter Cronkite; prod: Burton

                    Benjamin] doc series for CBS-tv, 1957-70; other ph: Howard Block, a.o.

196?        The Bell Telephone Hour [ep 'Easter Sunrise Services'] mus variety series, 1959-68

196?        Handel's 'Messiah' [?] mus special

196?        New York, New York [Charles Dubin] special

1962        Naked City [6 ep dir by various] 138-part series/b&w, 1958-63; 4th season, 1962-63

1963        The Nurses/The Doctors and the Nurses [e.g. ep #54 'The Imperfect Prodigy' dir by James Sheldon] 98-part

                    series/b&w, 1962-65; 2nd season, 1963-64

1963        Give Me Your Poor [?] with Ray Milland

1964        The Nurses/The Doctors and the Nurses [e.g. ep #78 'So Some Girls Play the Cello' dir by Stuart Rosenberg] 3rd

                    season, 1964-65; see 1963

1965        Coronet Blue [pilot 'A Time to Be Born' dir by Paul Bogart + 8 ep dir by various] 13-part (2 unaired) series; aired in 1967

1965        The Beatles at Shea Stadium [Dick Fontaine] mus special/48m; c.op: Gordon Willis, Warren Rothenberger, a.o.

1965        The Happeners ['You Gotta Have Charisma, Baby!' dir by David Greene] unsold pilot

1966        Cliff Dwellers [Boris Sagal] unsold pilot/60m for ABC-tv

1966        Daphne [Gerald Mayer] ?

1968        Teacher, Teacher [Fielder Cook] tvm; ep #81 of 'Hallmark Hall of Fame'-series

1969        Black Water Gold [Alan Landsburg] tvm

1970        Vietnam Veterans Easter Special with Ed Sullivan [?] special

1972        The Man Without a Country [Delbert Mann] tvm

1973        Miracle on 34th Street [Fielder Cook] tvm; New York ph; ph: Earl Rath

1974        The Unwanted [Lawrence Doheny] special

1977        Washington: Behind Closed Doors [Gary Nelson] 6-part miniseries; 2uc; ph: Joseph Biroc & Jack Swain

1977        The Dain Curse/Private Eye [E.W. Swackhamer (replaced Barry Shear)] 3-part miniseries

1978        Hunters of the Reef [Alexander Singer] pilot for unsold series 'Peter Benchley's Mysteries of the Deep'; 2uc: Jordan

                    Klein

1978        Shogun [Jerry London] 5-part miniseries; also released theatrically (119m/125m/159m)

1979        Top of the Hill [Walter Grauman] 2-part tvm; ep 'Operation Prime Time'

1980        Thin Ice [Paul Aaron] tvm; addph: Norman Leigh

1955        You'll Never Get Rich/The Phil Silvers Show/Sergeant Bilko [Nat Hiken] 142-part series/b&w for CBS-tv, 1955-59;

                    ph: William Miller

1956        Joe & Mabel [?] series for CBS-tv

1956        Mama [Al De Caprio] 13-part (2 unaired) series, 1956-57 (followed live series, 1949-56)

1958        Brenner [various] 25-part series/b&w, 1959 & 1964

196?        Naked City [various] series; ph: J. Burgi Contner & Jack Priestley; see Television (1962)