Klaudia Kovacs is a multi-award-winning Hungarian-American Actress, Director, Writer, and Producer.
| Klaudia Kovacs | |
|---|---|
| Born | Klaudia Kovacs Eger, Hungary |
| Nationality | US, EU, and Hungarian Citizen |
| Occupation |
Actress / Director Writer / Producer |
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Klaudia Kovacs is a distant relative of Zoltan Latinovits, arguably the most significant Hungarian Actor of the twentieth century. Kovacs started her acting career at the Harlekin Children’s Theater in Budapest and continued at the famous Pinceszínház, (Cellar Theater) in Hungary. Kovacs then moved to Hollywood, California where she also studied acting with Oscar-nominee actress Lynn Redgrave.
Currently Klaudia Kovacs is a multi-award-winning, multi-lingual (English, Hungarian, German) Actress who primarily works in theater and film in Los Angeles and in New York. In addition, she regularly performs for the local Hungarian community in California.
Klaudia Kovacs is also a multi-award-winning Director, Producer whose most well-known work is the multi-award-winning, sociopolitical, historical documentary titled Torn from the Flag (Hungarian title: A lyukas zászló). The film is about the international decline of communism and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight. Torn from the Flag encompasses the Cold War era (1945–1991) and it shows the 1956 Hungarian Revolution as a remarkable turning point for the advancement of democracy. Klaudia Kovacs made her film with Oscar-winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and legendary cinematographer 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 participate in 20 festivals, and is the recipient of 8 awards/recognitions. It also participated in the 2009 Oscar competition in the “Best Documentary” category. According to several film critics and historians, Torn from the Flag is the best documentary ever made about this topic.
Klaudia Kovacs also worked on, the multi-award-winning, feature-length documentary, 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.
As a Writer, Klaudia Kovacs is the Author of close to 200 articles and a Co-Author of two Hungarian language books: Hungarian America (2002) and Portrait Gallery of Hungarian Americans (2003). The later was ordered by 400 Hungarian language libraries around the globe.