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Kovacs
Tapped to Judge Laszlo Kovacs, ASC will judge the 2004 Kodak Filmschool Competition for students and recent graduates in the Asia Pacific and Latin American countries. The top prize for winners in each region is a trip to next year's Festival de Cannes, where clips of their films will be screened at the annual Kodak Emerging Filmmaker Showcase. The winners also will participate in seminars and other activities organized by Kodak. "When I was a film student in Hungary, my mentor George Illes inspired and encouraged me to pursue my dreams," Kovacs said. "Many years later, he told me that I could repay him by helping the next generation of filmmakers." Judges in the individual countries choose finalists in the annual competition. In addition to picking winners and runners-up in the Latin American and Asian Pacific regions, Kovacs will offer comments and suggestions to all participants. The Hungarian-born Kovacs studied at the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest before migrating to the United States as a political refugee in 1956. He broke into the mainstream with Easy Rider in 1969 and has worked on such films as Five Easy Pieces, The King of Marvin Gardens, Shampoo, Paper Moon and New York, New York. Kovacs has earned Lifetime Achievement Awards from the American Society of Cinematographers and the Camerimage International Festival of the Art of Cinematography. "It means a
great deal to the young filmmakers who are vying for this award to
have their work judged by Laszlo Kovacs," Kodak's Wendy Elms said. "He
is truly a great artist whose persistence in successfully pursuing
his dream is an inspiration for young filmmakers everywhere."
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