Klaudia Kovács (director)
Klaudia Kovács is a Hungarian film and theater director, known for her documentary "Torn from the Flag". Early life. Kovacs was born in Eger, Hungary. Career. Kovacs began her career as an actor at the Harlekin Children's Theater in Budapest, and continued at Pinceszínház (Cellar Theater) in Hungary. She 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, including an appearance in "I Spy". Her best-known work as a director is the sociopolitical, historical documentary "Torn from the Flag  (), made with cinematographers Vilmos Zsigmond and Laszlo Kovacs, which focuses on the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and its significance in the Cold War. The documentary's production was announced at the United States Congress. Kovacs also worked on the feature-length film, Panic Nation", investigating state-sponsored and federal immigration laws. In 2013, Kovacs directed the one-woman show, "Calling America: Don't Hang Up!!", at Theater Row in New York's Broadway District. Kovacs has also written several Hungarian Panorama articles and a co-written two Hungarian language books: "Hungarian America" (2002), and "Portrait Gallery of Hungarian Americans" (2003). Klaudia