Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lajos Koltai, ASC, HSC, (born April 2, 1946 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian cinematographer and film director best known for his work with legendary Hungarian director Istvan Szabo, and Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 2000 for his work on the film Malèna. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lajos Koltai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.