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Golden Camera of Macedonia given to Iranian cinematographer Khondji
Veteran cinematographer Dariush Khondji was honored with the Golden Camera 300 award for lifetime achievement at the 46th Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers’ Film Festival in the northern Macedonian city of Bitola.
Khondji, who was nominated for an Academy Award in 1996 for Alan Parker’s Evita, has spent decades behind the lens, working with directors as varied as David Fincher, Wong Kar-wai and Bernardo Bertolucci, inn.ir reported.
Festival organizers praised his ability to shift seamlessly across “vastly different styles” of filmmaking while leaving an indelible mark on world cinema.
The Iranian-born, Paris-raised cinematographer has collaborated on landmark productions including Fincher’s ‘Se7en,’ Bertolucci’s ‘Stealing Beauty,’ Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s ‘The City of Lost Children,’ Wong Kar-wai’s ‘My Blueberry Nights,’ and Michael Haneke’s ‘Amour’. He has also shot works for Woody Allen, Danny Boyle, James Gray and Sydney Pollack.
More recently, Khondji was director of photography for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s ‘Bardo’ and Bong Joon-ho’s forthcoming ‘Mickey 17’. His body of work, blending meticulous technical craft with a painterly eye, has secured him a reputation as one of the industry’s most versatile image-makers.
Running from September 20 to 26, the Manaki Brothers festival is regarded as the oldest event dedicated solely to cinematography.
Founded in 1979, it is named after Yanaki and Milton Manaki, pioneering Balkan filmmakers who are often described as the “fathers of Balkan cinema.”
“I never imagined, when I began, that one day I would be standing here,” Khondji told the audience at the Bitola theatre, calling the award “a profound honor” in recognition of his lifelong pursuit of cinema.