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Darius Khondji

Darius Khondji

Cinematographer

Darius Khondji (born 21 October 1955) is an Iranian-French cinematographer. Khondji has worked with a number of high-profile directors, including David Fincher, Woody Allen, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Roman Polanski, Wong Kar-wai, Michael Haneke, Danny Boyle, Philippe Parreno, Bong Joon-ho, Nicolas Winding Refn, Paul Thomas Anderson, the Safdie brothers, Alejandro G. Iñárritu and James Gray. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Evita, and has been nominated for three César Awards. Khondji was born in Tehran, Iran, to an Iranian father and a French mother. At an early age, his family relocated in France. He became interested in film early on and made Super-8 films in his teens. Later in life, he moved to the United States to study at UCLA and then majored in film from New York University and the International Center of Photography. During this period, two teachers influenced his decision to become a cinematographer: Jonas Mekas and Haig Manoogian (Martin Scorsese's film teacher). He realized that "all I wanted to do was shoot the other students' films. I was concerned with the power of the image and much less with story." After his time in the United States, Khondji returned to France in 1981 and worked as an assistant for cinematographers like Bruno Nuytten, Martin Schafer and Pascal Marti. He also worked as a lighting director on music videos and commercials. His second feature film was Le tresor des Iles Chiennes (1991), a low budget, black and white, post-atomic adventure film. His work on this movie was significant enough to warrant the Cahiers du cinéma to publish one of its rare interviews with a cinematographer. It was on this film that he demonstrated an affinity for Cinemascope. He remarked in an interview, "I think it's the most beautiful format to frame. One can become absorbed in the faces when they're framed in 'Scope." His subsequent work on Delicatessen established his international reputation and earned him a Cesar nomination for Best Cinematography. One of his highest profile films was Seven which he got based on a Nike ad he shot with David Fincher and his work on Delicatessen. His work on Evita was nominated for an Oscar for the Best Cinematography. Darius worked on three European-shot films by Woody Allen: Midnight in Paris (2011), To Rome with Love (2012) and Magic in the Moonlight (2014). In 2012, Khondji shot the Palme D'or-winning film Amour, which also won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for Best Picture. Khondji cites Gregg Toland as his favorite cinematographer. "I particularly admire his work on John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath." He also greatly admires James Wong Howe's work, in particular Hud. Khondji has said that his dream project would be "a 16mm black and white film of On the Road!" Khondji is married to Marianne Chemetov, a daughter of the French architect Paul Chemetov and has three children: Marie-Louise, Josephine, and Alexandre. Source: Article "Darius Khondji" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Born: October 21, 1955 (Age 68) in Tehran, Iran

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Darius Khondji  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
7.3
ActorSelf2004
Movie
6.8
ActorSelf2016
Short Film
6.5
Actor2018
Movie
7.3
ActorSelf2018
Movie
6.6
CameraSecond Assistant Camera1981
Movie
6
DirectingDirector of Photography1997
Movie
8
DirectingDirector of Photography2012
Movie
6.1
DirectingDirector of Photography2003
Movie
7.8
CrewThanks1994
Movie
5.9
DirectingDirector of Photography2009
Movie
7.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1991
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1996
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector of Photography2008
Movie
5.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1999
Movie
6.4
DirectingDirector of Photography2015
Movie
6.1
ProductionConsulting Producer1998
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector of Photography2014
Movie
5.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1995
Movie
7.7
DirectingDirector of Photography2011
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector of Photography2007
Movie
7.5
DirectingDirector of Photography2017
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography2002
Movie
6.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1992
Movie
8.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1995
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1996
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography2000
Movie
7.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1995
Movie
6.4
DirectingDirector of Photography2013
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector of Photography2005
Movie
6.4
DirectingDirector of Photography2017
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1999
Movie
5.7
DirectingDirector of Photography2008
Movie
6.1
DirectingDirector of Photography2012
Movie
5.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1990
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector of Photography2004
Movie
5.9
DirectingDirector of Photography2006
Movie
6.7
CrewCinematography1989
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography2019
Movie
5.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1994
Short Film
7.4
DirectingDirector of Photography2019
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector of Photography2022
Limited Series
5.7
DirectingDirector of Photography
8 Episodes
2021-2021
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector of Photography2022
Movie
DirectingDirector of Photography2025
Movie
7.2
CrewCinematography1991
Movie
8.3
DirectingDirector of Photography2010
Limited Series
7.2
DirectingCinematography, Director of Photography
10 Episodes
2019-2019
Short Film
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography2013
Short Film
DirectingDirector of Photography2008
Short Film
7.9
DirectingDirector of Photography2002
Short Film
6.5
DirectingDirector of Photography2018
Short Film
5.6
CrewCinematography2013
Movie
5.9
DirectingDirector of Photography2020
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