Laszlo Barna (born 1948) is a Gemini Award-winning executive producer of television programs and films.
Born in Hungary but living and working in Canada, Barna produced prominent television shows such as Da Vinci's Inquest and Blue Murder.
[1] Barna was born in Hungary and immigrated to Canada with his family in the late 1950s as a result of the Hungarian Uprising.
As part of a 2006 portrait photography exhibit in which Barna was featured, he stated that his parents "had suffered under both fascism and communism, and they said they were looking for a country where politicians retire rather than being executed"[3] Barna experimented with stand-up comedy but suffered from stage fright, leading him to embark on a career as a television producer.
"[2] By 2002 Barna's company, a partnership with his wife Laura Alper, was the most prolific producer of English-language TV programs in Canada.