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LASZLO HEGE: PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY
Laszlo Hege has an outstanding track record
and extensive work history with clients in various fields of
entertainment and commercial production.
 
Directing Hecuba
As
screenwriter he has written several
highly-praised feature film screenplays based on his own
original stories such as ENZO, and THE PILOT’S WIFE;
written several with writing partners, including the
thriller DANGEROUS PASSENGER with Patrick Corkell; he
has also written adaptations of novels such as
RESURRECTION WALTZ based on Tom McGuane’s novel; THE
FILTHY WAR by Eduardo Rozsa-Flores and adaptations of
the stage plays, such as THE ANKH MURDERS and others.
His full-length screenplay for animation, a fable for
children, CAT CROSSING, has been optioned by a Japanese
animation company. He is currently writing a CIA
thriller, CODENAME SCORPION.
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As
director he has done commercial work for such
diverse corporate clients as COACH, CIBA-GEIGY, The BANK
of NEW YORK and PANASONIC. Laszlo Hege has Produced and
Directed several theatrical shorts, (SIX CHARACTERS,
HECUBA) and a one-hour documentary film (SOCCER, USA),
starring PELÉ, the most famous athlete in the world.
Laszlo also directed a video version of David Mamet’s
play SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO with DOUG BARR in the
lead role. He has also worked on documentaries of other
directors as Cameraman (SKI THE OLYMPIC ALPS). |
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He has Produced and Directed his monthly TV program
for nationwide Sports Cable release, (SOCCER, USA
TV). He has directed actors on stage, studied
directing with WYNN HANDMAN and produced a 2-hour
multimedia experimental work (MANGO+FAN=HAPPINESS)
that was presented on the stage at THE AMERICAN
PLACE THEATER. Recently, he produced the
nationally-released spoken-word CD, ANTI-WAR POETRY
THROUGH THE AGES, now available for downloads. As
actor Laszlo Hege played the Cameraman
role in the film THE REALITY TRAP, and other roles
in various commercials.
As a commercial photographer in New
York, Hege has served the corporate clients of New
York advertising agencies in national campaigns of
merchandising, promotion and publicity, especially
in the consumer, fashion, sportswear,
pharmaceutical, construction industry and real
estate fields. His famous magazine and advertising
illustrations with photography won many national
Awards of Excellence, including from the New York
Art Directors’ Club, several NY Publications
Designer’s Awards, and the Communication Arts
Magazine Award of Excellence (Best Trade
Illustration). |
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After attending the University of Mississippi
majoring in History and working as a
photo-journalist in the Deep South, (and staring a
monthly local magazine that’s still being published,
The Delta Review) and after moving to New York,
taking courses in film, art history and advertising
design at the School of Visual Arts and the New
School of Social Research. Later, Laszlo opened his
own mid-town commercial photography studio and
continued to work with the best Art and Design
Directors in the city.
His hobbies are long-distance sailing, Alpine
downhill skiing and writing fiction. He likes to
drink red wine produced by the Tamas Gere wine yard,
Villany, Hungary, in moderation.
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