Lajos Koltai
Lajos Koltai [ ˈlɒjoʃ ˈkoltɒi ] (born April 2, 1946 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian cameraman and film director . He was best known for his work for the Hungarian director István Szabó .
life and work
From 1965 Koltai studied at the Budapest Drama and Film School (Színház- és Filmművészeti Főiskola) with György Illés . At the beginning of his career he was responsible for several films by Márta Mészáros as a cameraman. He became internationally known with his work on Mephisto under the direction of István Szabó . Koltai has lived in the USA since 1987.
In 2005 he presented his first directorial work. He made a film of the autobiographical novel Fateless - the novel of a fateful person by the Hungarian Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész .
Filmography (selection)
as a cameraman
- 1975: Adoption (Örökbefogadás) - directed by Márta Mészáros
- 1979: Vera's upbringing - directed by Pál Gábor
- 1980: Bizalom - Director: István Szabó
- 1980: The Green Bird - Director: István Szabó
- 1981: Mephisto - Director: István Szabó
- 1983: Cat Game - Director: István Szabó
- 1984: The Snob - Director: Wolfgang Staudte
- 1985: Colonel Redl - Director: István Szabó
- 1987: Gabi: A True Story - Director: Luis Mandoki
- 1988: Hanussen - Director: István Szabó
- 1989: Homer and Eddie - Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
- 1989: Georg Elser - One from Germany - Director: Klaus Maria Brandauer
- 1990: Breakfast with her (White Palace)
- 1991: The Real Bosses - A Devilish Empire (Mobsters) - Director: Michael Karbelnikoff
- 1991: Magic of Venus (Meeting Venus) - Director: István Szabó
- 1992: Sweet Emma, dear Böbe - Director: István Szabó
- 1993: Born Yesterday - Directed by Luis Mandoki
- 1993: Walter & Frank - A weird couple - Director: Randa Haines
- 1994: When a Man Loves a Woman - An almost perfect love (When a Man Loves a Woman) - Director: Luis Mandoki
- 1994: Mario and the Magician - Director: Klaus Maria Brandauer
- 1995: Just Cause (Just Cause) - Director: Arne Glimcher
- 1995: Home for the Holidays (Home for the Holidays) - Director: Jodie Foster
- 1996: Mother - Director: Albert Brooks
- 1997: Out to Sea - Directed by Martha Coolidge
- 1998: The Legend of the Ocean Pianist - Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
- 1999: A touch of sunshine (The Taste of Sunshine) - Director: István Szabó
- 2000: Malèna - Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
- 2001: Taking Sides - The Furtwängler Case - Director: István Szabó
- 2002: Club of the Caesars - Director: Michael Hoffman
- 2002: Max - Director: Menno Meyjes
- 2004: Being Julia - Director: István Szabó
Awards
- 1999: European film award for The Legend of the Ocean Pianist
- 1999: David di Donatello for The Legend of the Ocean Pianist
- 2001: David di Donatello for Malèna
- 2001: Oscar nomination for Malèna
Web links
- Lajos Koltai in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- "The value of the sun's rays" , interview on critic.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 4: H - L. Botho Höfer - Richard Lester. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 441.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koltai, Lajos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian cameraman and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |