Andrew Laszlo Andrew Laszlo , ASC was a cinematographer of Hungarian origin whose credits included , while in the employ of Associates and Ferren . An active member of the American Society of Cinematographers ( ASC ) since 1965 , Laszlo earned an Emmy Award nomination for Best Cinematography For Entertainment Programming for the 1973 made - for - TV drama " The Man Without a Country " . He received a second Emmy nomination for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or a Special for the fourth segment of the 1980 mini - series " Shogun " , on which actors John Rhys - Davies and W . Morgan Sheppard , production designer Joe Jennings , and set decorator Tom Pedigo also worked . Laszlo was born András László in Pápa , Hungary . He was working as an apprentice cameraman at a film studio in Budapest when World War II began and he and his family were sent to a Nazi concentration camp . He was the only member of his family to survive the ordeal . In 1947 , he moved to the United States . While working as a freelance still photographer and photography laboratory assistant in 1950 , he was drafted into the US Army Signal Corps , serving as a combat photographer in Korea for two years . Following his military service , he began working in movie and television production , becoming a camera operator and later occasional director of photography on the ABC drama series " Naked City " , which ran from 1958 to 1962 . This series was narrated by Lawrence Dobkin ; others who worked on the program included directors Ralph Senensky and Robert Gist and writers Barry Trivers , Shimon Wincelberg and Gilbert Ralston . Laszlo ' s other early cinematographic work included ' s 1966 film " You ' re a Big Boy Now " ( starring Michael Dunn ) , the 1968 comic film " The Night They Raided Minsky ' s " ( featuring Richard Libertini ) , the 1970 TV movie " Black Water Gold " ( starring Ricardo Montalban and France Nuyen ) , ' s comedy " The Out of Towners " ( featuring Paul Dooley , Graham Jarvis , Richard Libertini and Thalmus Rasulala , with camera operation by Edward R . Brown ) , the 1971 comedy " Jennifer On My Mind " ( starring Steve Vinovich and edited by John W . Wheeler ) , and NBC ' s 1973 made - for - TV remake of " Miracle on 34th Street " ( featuring James Gregory and Jason Wingreen ) . He also worked on the Alexander Singer - directed TV movie " Hunters of the Reef " ( starring Stephen Macht and William Windom ) , mini - series " The Dain Curse " ( which starred performers Jean Simmons and Brent Spiner ) , and film " Somebody Killed Her Husband " ( starring John Glover ) , all of which were released in 1978 . For director , Laszlo was the cinematographer on " The Warriors " ( 1979 ) , " Southern Comfort " ( 1981 , starring Keith Carradine ) , and " Streets of Fire " ( 1984 , featuring Ed Begley , Jr . ) . The latter two films featured production designs by art director John Vallone . In addition , Laszlo directed photography on the first " Rambo " film , " First Blood " ( 1982 ) , the 1986 " Poltergeist " sequel , " Poltergeist II : The Other Side " , and two films starring regulars : 1985 ' s " Remo Williams : The Adventure Begins " with Kate Mulgrew ( as well as Jeff Allin , Joel Grey , Patrick Kilpatrick , and Michael Pataki ) and 1987 ' s " Innerspace " with Robert Picardo ( as well as Henry Gibson , Andrea Martin , Richard McGonagle , Dick Miller , William Schallert , Mark L . Taylor , and Kenneth Tobey ) . Laszlo ' s other credits include the TV movies " Top of the Hill " ( 1980 ; starring Adrienne Barbeau and Gary Lockwood ) and " Thin Ice " ( 1981 ; featuring Daniel Hugh Kelly and Dwight Schultz ) , the 1981 horror film " The Funhouse " ( featuring Kevin Conway ) , and the 1982 Mike Hammer film " I , the Jury " ( starring Paul Sorvino ) . His last projects were the comedy film " Ghost Dad " ( featuring Dakin Matthews and Eric Menyuk ) and the 1992 Disney feature " Newsies " ( starring Marc Lawrence and featuring Frank Novak and Kevin Tighe ) . After completing his work on " Newsies " , Laszlo retired from cinematography and became an author , writing novels as well as books on cinematography . He also taught cinematography at various universities . He stated in 2004 that , if the right film project were to come along , he would consider working on it . That project never came , however , and Laszlo died on 7 October 2011 at the age of 85 .