Milco Mancevski
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Milcho Manchevski ( ˈmiltʃɔ ˈmantʃɛvski; born 18 October 1959 in Skopje
, Macedonia
), usually credited as Milcho Manchevski, is a film director
and screenwriter
from Macedonia
.
" (1994), "Dust'" (2001), Shadows
" (2007) and "Mothers
" (2011), over 50 short forms, including “TENNESSEE” for Arrested Development (1991). He has also been a director on HBO’s “THE WIRE.” He’s authored two exhibitions of photographs, works of fiction and performance art.
"Before the Rain
" won an Academy-Award nomination and thirty awards, including Golden Lion for Best Film in Venice, Independent Spirit, FIPRESCI, UNESCO, best film of the year in Argentina, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, and other awards in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, etc.
The New York Times included "Before the Rain
" on its list of the best 1,000 films ever made.
Manchevski won awards for best experimental film (for "1.73") and best MTV video (for "TENNESSEE", which The Rolling Stone placed on the list of the 100 best videos ever).
"Dust'" was the opening-night film of the Venice Film Festival.
Both Shadows
" and “MOTHERS” were the Macedonian Academy Awards entries.
"Mothers
" screened in the Panorama section of Berlinale 2011.
His films are part of the curricula at numerous universities worldwide, and have been discoursed at a number of conferences. The University of Leipzig (Germany) and the European University Institute in Florence (Italy) hosted academic conferences dedicated, respectively, to "Before the Rain
" and "DUST."
He has published fiction, essays and op-ed pieces in New American Writing, La Repubblica, Corriere Della Sera, Sineast, The Guardian, Suddeutsche Zeitung, Pravda, etc.
Manchevski has staged performance art with the group 1AM (which he founded) and by himself.
He authored a (very small) book of fiction, "THE GHOST OF MY MOTHER" and two books of photographs "STREET" (1999) and “FIVE DROPS OF DREAM” (2010) which accompany the two photo exhibitions.
He has lectured at a number of universities, cinematheques, art museums and art institutes, most notably as a Head of the Directing Studies at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts' Graduate Film program.
All of Manchevski's films have won international awards. They have screened at more than two hundred festivals, and have been distributed in close to 50 countries (theatrically, TV, cable and video).
His 2010 film Mothers
was selected as the Macedonian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
at the 83rd Academy Awards
but it didn't make the final shortlist. It was also screened in the Main Programme of the Panorama section at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival
.
Skopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
, Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
), usually credited as Milcho Manchevski, is a film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
from Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
.
Biography
Milcho Manchevski wrote and directed the feature films "Before the RainBefore the Rain (film)
Before the Rain is a 1994 Macedonian film starring Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Šerbedžija, Grégoire Colin, and Labina Mitevska. It was directed and written by Milčo Mančevski. The music was created by the band Anastasia.-Plot:...
" (1994), "Dust'" (2001), Shadows
Shadows (2007 film)
Shadows is a 2007 film from the Republic of Macedonia. The film was directed, produced and written by Milčo Mančevski. It was filmed on location in both Skopje, Ohrid and several other locations in the Republic of Macedonia.-Plot:...
" (2007) and "Mothers
Mothers (2010 film)
Mothers is a 2010 Macedonian drama film directed by Milčo Mančevski. The film was selected as the Macedonian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist...
" (2011), over 50 short forms, including “TENNESSEE” for Arrested Development (1991). He has also been a director on HBO’s “THE WIRE.” He’s authored two exhibitions of photographs, works of fiction and performance art.
"Before the Rain
Before the Rain (film)
Before the Rain is a 1994 Macedonian film starring Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Šerbedžija, Grégoire Colin, and Labina Mitevska. It was directed and written by Milčo Mančevski. The music was created by the band Anastasia.-Plot:...
" won an Academy-Award nomination and thirty awards, including Golden Lion for Best Film in Venice, Independent Spirit, FIPRESCI, UNESCO, best film of the year in Argentina, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, and other awards in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, etc.
The New York Times included "Before the Rain
Before the Rain (film)
Before the Rain is a 1994 Macedonian film starring Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Šerbedžija, Grégoire Colin, and Labina Mitevska. It was directed and written by Milčo Mančevski. The music was created by the band Anastasia.-Plot:...
" on its list of the best 1,000 films ever made.
Manchevski won awards for best experimental film (for "1.73") and best MTV video (for "TENNESSEE", which The Rolling Stone placed on the list of the 100 best videos ever).
"Dust'" was the opening-night film of the Venice Film Festival.
Both Shadows
Shadows (2007 film)
Shadows is a 2007 film from the Republic of Macedonia. The film was directed, produced and written by Milčo Mančevski. It was filmed on location in both Skopje, Ohrid and several other locations in the Republic of Macedonia.-Plot:...
" and “MOTHERS” were the Macedonian Academy Awards entries.
"Mothers
Mothers (2010 film)
Mothers is a 2010 Macedonian drama film directed by Milčo Mančevski. The film was selected as the Macedonian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist...
" screened in the Panorama section of Berlinale 2011.
His films are part of the curricula at numerous universities worldwide, and have been discoursed at a number of conferences. The University of Leipzig (Germany) and the European University Institute in Florence (Italy) hosted academic conferences dedicated, respectively, to "Before the Rain
Before the Rain (film)
Before the Rain is a 1994 Macedonian film starring Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Šerbedžija, Grégoire Colin, and Labina Mitevska. It was directed and written by Milčo Mančevski. The music was created by the band Anastasia.-Plot:...
" and "DUST."
He has published fiction, essays and op-ed pieces in New American Writing, La Repubblica, Corriere Della Sera, Sineast, The Guardian, Suddeutsche Zeitung, Pravda, etc.
Manchevski has staged performance art with the group 1AM (which he founded) and by himself.
He authored a (very small) book of fiction, "THE GHOST OF MY MOTHER" and two books of photographs "STREET" (1999) and “FIVE DROPS OF DREAM” (2010) which accompany the two photo exhibitions.
He has lectured at a number of universities, cinematheques, art museums and art institutes, most notably as a Head of the Directing Studies at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts' Graduate Film program.
All of Manchevski's films have won international awards. They have screened at more than two hundred festivals, and have been distributed in close to 50 countries (theatrically, TV, cable and video).
His 2010 film Mothers
Mothers (2010 film)
Mothers is a 2010 Macedonian drama film directed by Milčo Mančevski. The film was selected as the Macedonian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist...
was selected as the Macedonian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 83rd Academy Awards
83rd Academy Awards
The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2010 and took place February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, Academy Awards ...
but it didn't make the final shortlist. It was also screened in the Main Programme of the Panorama section at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival
61st Berlin International Film Festival
The 61st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 10 to February 20, 2011, with actress Isabella Rossellini as the President of the Jury. The Coen Brothers film True Grit opened the festival. 300,000 tickets were sold in total during the event, to 20,000 attendees from 116...
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Awards
- Ambassador of Culture of the Republic of MacedoniaRepublic of MacedoniaMacedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
, 2007 - "Mother Theresa" for Humanitarian Work, 2002
- "October 11" for Major Achievement (highest peacetime award, Republic of MacedoniaRepublic of MacedoniaMacedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
), 1995
Awards and nominations for "Before the Rain"
- Silver Condor for Best Foreign Film, 1996, Argentina
- Independent Spirit Award 1996: Best Foreign-Language Film
- Oscar Nomination 1995: Best Foreign-Language Film
- Venice Film FestivalVenice Film FestivalThe Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...
1994: Golden Lion for Best Film - Venice 1994: FIPRESCI Prize (International Critics Prize)
- Venice 1994: The UNICEF Prize 1994
- Venice 1994: Premio Cinemavenire (Young Viewers' Prize)
- Venice 1994: Audience Prize
- Venice 1994: Rolling Venice Award from the City of Venice
- Venice 1994: Leoncino d'oro, awarded by the Italian students
- Venice 1994: International Catholic Organization for the Cinema
- Venice 1994: Kodak Award for Best First Feature
- Venice 1994: Francesco Pasineti Syndicate Award for Best Actor to Rade Serbedzija
- Toronto Festival 1994: runner-up in audience vote
- São Paulo Festival 1994: Audience Award for Best Film
- Puerto Rico Festival 1994: Jury Award for Best Film
- Puerto Rico Festival 1994: Audience Award for Best Film
- Puerto Rico Festival 1994: Best Director
- Puerto Rico Festival 1994: Best First Film
- Stockholm Festival 1994: Best Debut Film
- Mons Festival, Belgium, 1995: Charlot d'or
- St Petersburg Festival of Festivals 1995: Grand Prix
- Burgos Festival, Spain, 1995: winner of the single Festival Prize
- Gorizia Festival of Screenplay, Italy, 1995: Best Screenplay
- Film Forum, Bratislava, Slovakia, 1995: Best Film
- Panteleria, Italy, 1995: UNESCO Prize
- Warsaw Film Fest, 1995: Audience Award
- Austria, 1995: Catholic Film Commission Prize
- David di Donatello Special Award to a non-Italian film, Italy, 1995
- Swedish Film InstituteSwedish Film InstituteThe Swedish Film Institute was founded in 1963 to support and develop the Swedish film industry. The institute is housed in the Filmhuset building located in Gärdet, Östermalm in Stockholm...
, 1995: Golden Bug for Best Foreign Film - Mediterranean Prize for Peace and Tolerance
- List of Best 1,000 Films Ever Made: The New York Times
Awards for "Shadows"
- Golden Ladybug, 2008: Best Actress (Vesna Stanojevska in Shadows)
- Golden Ladybug, 2008: Best Music Video (Jungle Shadow in Shadows)
- Park City Film Music Festival, 2008: Gold Medal for Outstanding Achievement, Ryan Shore, composer
- Syracuse Film Festival, 2008: Best Actress, Vesna Stanojevska in Shadows
Awards for "Mothers"
- Minsk International film festival Listopad: "Award for Film as Art Phenomenon", 2011
- Directing award – LIFFE 2011
- Cinema City Festival: FEDEORA (Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean), 2011
- FEST: Critics Award for Best FEST Film “Nebojsa Djukelic”, 2011
- FEST: Special Jury Prize in the selection "Europe Out of Europe", 2011
- MTV Adria Movie Awards: Best Movie nomination, 2011
- Macedonian Academy Award Submission: Best Foreign-Language Film, 2010
Awards for short forms
- Macedonia TimelessMacedonia TimelessMacedonia Timeless is a series of promotional tourist videos about the Republic of Macedonia. The videos showcase scenery from the Balkan country and of Macedonian culture to a foreign audience. Each video of the project is the work of a private production company, carried out on behalf of the...
, Temples and Archeology; Campaign Macedonia TimelessMacedonia TimelessMacedonia Timeless is a series of promotional tourist videos about the Republic of Macedonia. The videos showcase scenery from the Balkan country and of Macedonian culture to a foreign audience. Each video of the project is the work of a private production company, carried out on behalf of the...
- Mobius Statuette Award, 1st place, Television, Recreation – Entertainment category, January 2010 - Macedonia TimelessMacedonia TimelessMacedonia Timeless is a series of promotional tourist videos about the Republic of Macedonia. The videos showcase scenery from the Balkan country and of Macedonian culture to a foreign audience. Each video of the project is the work of a private production company, carried out on behalf of the...
- Award for Best Commercial Spot at the International Tourfilm Festival in Plock, Poland, May, 2009 - Macedonia TimelessMacedonia TimelessMacedonia Timeless is a series of promotional tourist videos about the Republic of Macedonia. The videos showcase scenery from the Balkan country and of Macedonian culture to a foreign audience. Each video of the project is the work of a private production company, carried out on behalf of the...
- Blue Danube Award for Best Cultural Tourist Film at the SILAFEST International Festival of Tourist and Ecology Films, Serbia, September, 2009 - Tennessee - Rolling Stone Magazine, 1994: one of 100 best videos ever
- Tennessee - The Village VoiceThe Village VoiceThe Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
, 1993: List of Best Videos - Tennessee - MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
, 1992: Best Video: Rap - Tennessee - Billboard, 1992: Best Video: New Pop/Rock Act
- 1.72 - Belgrade Alternative, 1985: Best Experimental Film
Feature films
- Before the RainBefore the Rain (film)Before the Rain is a 1994 Macedonian film starring Katrin Cartlidge, Rade Šerbedžija, Grégoire Colin, and Labina Mitevska. It was directed and written by Milčo Mančevski. The music was created by the band Anastasia.-Plot:...
(1994) - Dust (2001)
- ShadowsShadows (2007 film)Shadows is a 2007 film from the Republic of Macedonia. The film was directed, produced and written by Milčo Mančevski. It was filmed on location in both Skopje, Ohrid and several other locations in the Republic of Macedonia.-Plot:...
(2007) - MothersMothers (2010 film)Mothers is a 2010 Macedonian drama film directed by Milčo Mančevski. The film was selected as the Macedonian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist...
(2010)
Music videos
- Nina Spirova - Eden baknez (2007)
- Kiril DzajkovskiKiril DzajkovskiKiril Džajkovski , often credited as simply Kiril, is an internationally acclaimed Macedonian electronic musician and music composer.-Biography:...
- Jungle Shadow (2007) - Kiril DzajkovskiKiril DzajkovskiKiril Džajkovski , often credited as simply Kiril, is an internationally acclaimed Macedonian electronic musician and music composer.-Biography:...
- Primitive Science (2001) - Kiril DzajkovskiKiril DzajkovskiKiril Džajkovski , often credited as simply Kiril, is an internationally acclaimed Macedonian electronic musician and music composer.-Biography:...
- The Dead Are Waiting (2001) - Kiril DzajkovskiKiril DzajkovskiKiril Džajkovski , often credited as simply Kiril, is an internationally acclaimed Macedonian electronic musician and music composer.-Biography:...
- Brothel Tango (2001) - Roachford - This Generation (1994)
- Arno HintjensArno HintjensArno Hintjens , usually referred to as Arno, is a Belgian artist born in Ostend. He was the frontman of the group TC Matic. After the band split in 1986 he went solo....
- Vive ma liberte (1993) - Big Bub - You're Telling Me Stories (1992)
- George LamondGeorge LamondGeorge Lamond, born George Garcia, is an American Freestyle music singer, who is of Puerto Rican descent.-Career:George Lamond began singing backup for various artists before landing a solo deal with Columbia Records...
- Baby I believe in You (1992) - Sonia Dada - You Ain't Thinking About Me (1992)
- Black Sheep - Similak Child (1992)
- Widowmaker - Widowmaker (1992)
- Curtis Stigers - Never Saw a Miracle (1992)
- Big Bub - I Don't Mind (1992)
- Aurra - Just a Little Love (1992)
- 2 Too Many - Just My Imagination (1992)
- Main Source - Fakin' the Funk (1992)
- Degrees of Motion - Shine on (1992)
- Degrees of Motion - Do You Want It Right Now (1992)
- Hard Knox - A Dirty Cop Named Harry (1992)
- Robyn Springer - Forever and Ever (1992)
- UMC's - One to Grow on (1992)
- Arrested DevelopmentArrested Development (hip hop group)Arrested Development is an American alternative hip hop group, founded by Speech and Headliner as a positive, Afrocentric alternative to the gangsta rap popular in the early 1990s.-History:...
- Tennessee (1992) - RiffRiff (band)Riff is a R&B vocal group from New Jersey, formed while its members were in high school. The ensemble began under the name Playboys in the late 1980s, with a style strongly influenced by doo wop....
- If You're Serious (1991) - DeskeeDeskeeDeskee is a male house music solo artist from Queens, New York. Deskee moved to Germany in 1984 with his mother, who was member of the Armed Forces. Deskee became the main DJ for the road show called The Body Snatchers Road Show , and they played in several night clubs throughout Germany...
- Kid Get Hyped (1991) - Way to go - Fever (1991)
- Partners in KrymePartners in KrymePartners in Kryme was an American hip hop duo from New York City. Its members were James Alpern and Richard Usher. Their first single, "Turtle Power", was written for and featured in the movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1990, and became a hit in the US and UK...
- Undercover (1990) - Banji - A Word to Mother (1990)
- BastionBastion (band)Bastion was an eminent electronic music group from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, notable for its member Kiril Džajkovski , who later rose to international prominence as a solo musician, DJ and a composer of the soundtrack album for Milčo Mančevski's movie Dust.The trio was formed in 1983 in...
- Hot Day in Mexico (1985) - Leb i solLeb i solLeb i sol is a Macedonian rock group founded in the 1970s by Vlatko Stefanovski , Bodan Arsovski , Nikola Kokan Dimuševski and Garabet Tavitjan . Tavitjan ceded the drumwork to Dragoljub Đuričić for some of the albums, while Kiril Džajkovski replaced Kokan on Kao Kakao and Putujemo...
- Aber dojde, Donke (1983) - Leb i solLeb i solLeb i sol is a Macedonian rock group founded in the 1970s by Vlatko Stefanovski , Bodan Arsovski , Nikola Kokan Dimuševski and Garabet Tavitjan . Tavitjan ceded the drumwork to Dragoljub Đuričić for some of the albums, while Kiril Džajkovski replaced Kokan on Kao Kakao and Putujemo...
- Wavelength (1983) - Leb i solLeb i solLeb i sol is a Macedonian rock group founded in the 1970s by Vlatko Stefanovski , Bodan Arsovski , Nikola Kokan Dimuševski and Garabet Tavitjan . Tavitjan ceded the drumwork to Dragoljub Đuričić for some of the albums, while Kiril Džajkovski replaced Kokan on Kao Kakao and Putujemo...
- Damar (1983)
Published art
- Europe and the Other, Europe as the Other, Bo Strath, 2000 (front cover photo)
- Kiril DžajkovskiKiril DzajkovskiKiril Džajkovski , often credited as simply Kiril, is an internationally acclaimed Macedonian electronic musician and music composer.-Biography:...
- "Religion and Sex", 2000 (album cover design and photo) - "The Bastion Sessions", 2005 (album cover design)
- "Various Artists", 2007 (album cover design)
- "Five drops of dream", 2010 (An Exhibition of Photographic Compositions)
External links
- Official Home Page
- Milcho Manchevski at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...