Klaudia Kovács (director)

Klaudia Kovacs is a film & theater director known for her documentary Torn from the Flag.

Klaudia Kovács
Born
Klaudia Kovacs

Eger, Hungary
NationalityUS, EU, and Hungarian Citizen
OccupationFilm & Theater Director

Personal life

Kovacs was born in Eger, Hungary. She is a distant relative of actor, Zoltan Latinovits.

Career

Kovacs started her career as an Actor at the Harlekin Children's Theater in Budapest and continued at Pinceszínház (Cellar Theater) in Hungary. Kovacs then moved to Hollywood, California where she studied with actress Lynn Redgrave and worked in theater, film, and television in Los Angeles and New York, which included I Spy, a film with Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson.

Her best-known work as a Director is the eight-time-award-winning, sociopolitical, historical documentary titled Torn from the Flag (Hungarian title: A lyukas zászló). The film is about the Cold War (1945–1991) and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight. Torn from the Flag shows the 1956 Hungarian Revolution as a turning point for the advancement of democracy. Klaudia Kovacs made her film with cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and Laszlo Kovacs. In addition to other interviewees, the following political notables appear in person or in archive footage: Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger, Otto von Habsburg, George Vassiliou. To date, Torn from the Flag has been invited to 21 festivals and the United States Congress.

Kovacs also worked on the feature-length film, Panic Nation. The movie examines state sponsored immigration laws vs. federal immigration laws. It features former White House cabinet member Henry Cisneros, two-time Harvard graduate and syndicated CNN columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr., multi-award-winning writer of "Sesame Street" Luis Santeiro, and multi-award-winning actor Esai Morales.

In 2013, in New York's Broadway District (at Theater Row), Kovacs directed the one-woman show, CALLING AMERICA: DON'T HANG UP!!

As a writer, Kovacs is the author of multiple Hungarian Panorama articles and a Co-Author of two Hungarian language books: Hungarian America (2002) and Portrait Gallery of Hungarian Americans (2003).

Awards
  1. City of Los Angeles - Certificate of Celebration for Contribution to Cinema, Art and Culture (Panic Nation)
  2. Republic of Hungary - Hero of the Freedom Fight Award (Torn from the Flag)
  3. AFI (American Film Institute) FEST Milestone Selection (Torn from the Flag)
  4. Panavision’s Young Filmmaker's Program (Torn from the Flag)
  5. Technicolor Sponsorship (Torn from the Flag)
  6. Alliance of Women Directors’ Television Shadowing Program, 2012
  7. CINE Eagle Award - Best Independent Documentary (Torn from the Flag)
  8. CINE Eagle Award - Best Independent Documentary (Panic Nation)
  9. Beverly Hills Hi-Def Film Festival - First place (Torn from the Flag)
  10. Broadway International Film Festival - Best Documentary (Panic Nation)
  11. Mexico International Film Festival – Golden Palm Award for Feature-Length Documentary (Panic Nation)
  12. Nevada Film Festival - Gold Reel Award - Documentary Film Competition (Touche: A Blind Fencer's Story)
  13. Tiburon International Film Festival - Golden Reel Award (Torn from the Flag)
  14. Minneapolis/ St. Paul International Film Festival - Best of the Fest Award (Torn from the Flag)
  15. Noches de Oklahoma - Special Recognition by the Latino Community (Panic Nation)
  16. New York Spotlight On Festival Award - Best Ensemble Cast (The Insanity of Mary Girard)
  17. Ventura County Reporter - REP Award for Excellence in Production (The Comedy of Errors)
  18. Indianapolis International Film Festival - Audience Award - Best Documentary - 3rd Place (Torn from the Flag)
  19. DocUtah International Documentary Film Festival - Audience Favorite Top Ten Award (Panic Nation)
  20. Seattle True Independent Film Festival - Best Documentary Feature (Touche: A Blind Fencer's Story)
  21. BeeKay Theater Annual Playwright's Festival - Golden Apple Award (Bill & Coo)
  22. Slow Film International Film Festival - Special Prize of the City of Eger (Torn from the Flag)
  23. Slow Film International Film Festival - Special Prize of Agria Television (Torn from the Flag)
  24. Slow Film International Film Festival - Festival's Special Award (Torn from the Flag)
  25. Hungarian Freedom Fighters World Federation - Certificate of Recognition (Torn from the Flag)
  26. International Technology Institute - Memorial Medal (Torn from the Flag)
  27. Corvina Cultural Circle - Certificate of Recognition
  28. Thalia Studios - Certificate of Recognition - 20 Year Anniversary (Gloria Victis)
  29. Thalia Studios - Certificate of Recognition - 10 Year Anniversary (Gloria Victis)
  30. Torrance Cable Television - Best Short Nomination (Gems)

Membership

References
    • Hungarian Film Lexicon (Authors: Sandor Fejja, Zsolt Kohati, Tibor Sandor, Jozsef Veress)
    • Actors, Theaters, Cities - Lexicon of Hungarian Theater Artists Abroad (Author: Sandor Enyedi)
    • Temporary Performance Almanac 2015 (By: Caden Manson, Jemma Nelson)
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