Miklos Lente is a Canadian cinematographer of Hungarian origin. Winner of the Canadian Film Awards, as previously called Canada's highest film award "Gini". Miklos was born in 1930 in Hungary. He was forced to leave the country by the Hungarian uprising of 1956, after which he found himself in Austria, and after spending 10 months there, in 1957 decided to leave for Canada. In a new country, he had to start life almost from scratch, leaving everything that he aspired to before. In the early 1960s,
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Miklos Lente is a Canadian cinematographer of Hungarian origin. Winner of the Canadian Film Awards, as previously called Canada's highest film award "Gini".
Miklos was born in 1930 in Hungary. He was forced to leave the country by the Hungarian uprising of 1956, after which he found himself in Austria, and after spending 10 months there, in 1957 decided to leave for Canada. In a new country, he had to start life almost from scratch, leaving everything that he aspired to before.
In the early 1960s, he was able to return to his original profession of operator. Starting with short films, an unknown immigrant cameraman eventually rose to become one of the leading and sought-after professionals in his industry in Canada. After winning the 1978 Canadian Film Awards for the cinematography of the film Praise for Older Women, whose protagonist, coincidentally, was also an immigrant who left Hungary after the events of 1956, he subsequently twice presented himself for the replacement of this award “Gini” – for films.
"Quinn & Company Agency" and "Suzanne." In addition, he has received numerous nominations for the Gemini Award, including two for his work on the series Night Heat.