Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács was born on June 1, 1936 in Petrovgrad [now Zrenjanin], Vojvodina, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was a director and writer, known for Temperate Zone (1970), Forbidden Relations (1983) and Ha megjön József (1976). He was previously married to Judit Elek. He died on September 7, 2014.