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