[2][3] He worked on many notable films including One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dune, Die Hard, Lolita, Frida, Life of Pi and more.

[4][3] He has photographed A-list actors, including Madonna, Nicole Kidman, Salma Hayek, Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood and others.

At the age of 13, Sorel received a Voigtländer camera from his father and started taking pictures, he never formally studied photography.

[2] In 1959, at 21 years old, Sorel emigrated to the United States and moved to Los Angeles where he worked in a photo lab and as a traveling portrait photographer.

[2] In Los Angeles, Sorel connected with two fellow Hungarian refugees working in film, László Kovács, and Vilmos Zsigmond, who went on to win an Oscar.

[4][10][3] Sorel has a private collection of art and photography which includes, Irving Penn, Lucien Clergue, Ruth Bernhard, Willy Ronis and more.