Milcho Manchevski

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Milcho Manchevski ({{langx|mk|Милчо Манчевски}}, {{IPA|mk|ˈmilt͡ʃɔ ˈmant͡ʃɛfski|pron|Mk-Milcho Manchevski.ogg}})[http://www.maccinema.com/Person.aspx?p=399 "Milcho Manchevski: Full Biography"]. maccinema.com. Kinoteka na Makedonija. Retrieved April 29, 2017. is a Macedonian-American film director, photographer and artist.{{cite book |author=Gordana P. Crnkovic |title=Post-Yugoslav Literature and Film: Fires, Foundations, Flourishes |date=2012 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=9781441171771 |page=79}}{{cite book |editor=Radmila Gorup |title=After Yugoslavia: The Cultural Spaces of a Vanished Land |date=2013 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=9780804787345 |page=125}}

Life

Milcho Manchevski was born on 18 October 1959 in Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia. He studied at the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje's University.{{cite book |editor=Blaže Ristovski |title=Macedonian Encyclopedia |date=2009 |publisher=Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts |page=914 |language=mk}} Manchevski's Before the Rain was called "one of the greatest debut feature films in the history of cinema" by Annette Insdorf. The New York Times included it in its Guide to the Best 1,000 Films Ever Made list.{{cite book | last1=Nichols | first1=P.M. | last2=Scott | first2=A.O. | title=The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made | publisher=St. Martin's Press | series=Film Critics of the New York Times | year=2004 | page=91 | isbn=978-0-312-32611-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=55qlWjbs14sC | access-date=March 22, 2017}} It won the Golden Lion in Venice, Independent Spirit, was nominated for an Academy Award and won 30 other awards.

He has made the multiple award-winning Dust, Shadows,{{cite web | last=Holden | first=Stephen | title=A Macedonian Ghost Story, Directed by Milcho Manchevski | website=The New York Times | date=January 29, 2009 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/movies/30shad.html | access-date=March 22, 2017}} Mothers, Bikini Moon and Willow, and the shorts The End of Time, Thursday, Macedonia Timeless, Tennessee and 1.73. For Macedonia Timeless, which was during the term of prime minister Nikola Gruevski, he directed clips depicting a continuity between Alexander the Great's ancient Macedonia and Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia).{{cite book |author=Fabio Mattioli |title=Dark Finance: Illiquidity and Authoritarianism at the Margins of Europe |date=2020 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=9781503612945 |page=59}} He was elected as an honorary ambassador to New York in 2007. Manchevski is also an honorary member of the Writers' Association of Macedonia.

Manchevski won the Best Director award at the 2020 Raindance Film Festival for Willow.{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/global/raindance-goteborg-movistar-plus-dopamine-1234824390/ |title=Raindance Film Festival Announced from London |date=6 November 2020 |access-date=2020-11-12 }}

Filmography

= Feature films =

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! Year

! Film

! Director

! Writer

! Producer

! Awards / Notes

1994

|Before the Rain

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival, Independent Spirit, Academy Award nomination, FIPRESCI

2001

|Dust{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.mk//articles/21532/Retrospective%20of%20Milcho%20Manchevski's%20Work%20to%20Be%20Held%20in%20Brazil|title=Retrospective of Milcho Manchevski's Work to Be Held in Brazil – Independent.mk|work=independent.mk|access-date=22 March 2017}}History in Dust: An Interview with Milcho Manchevski

Roderick Coover Film Quarterly; Winter 2004/2005; 58, 2; ProQuest Direct Complete, p. 2

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|Golden Reel Award Nomination (Best Sound Editing), 2002

2007

|Shadows

|{{yes}}

|Syracuse Film Festival, 2008: Best Actress nomination, Vesna Stanojevska, Park City Film Music Festival

2010

|Mothers{{cite web | last=Senjanovic | first=Natasha | title=Mothers: Berlin Review | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=February 21, 2011 | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/mothers-berlin-review-159772 | access-date=March 22, 2017}}

|{{yes}}

|FEST: Special Jury Prize in the selection Europe Out of Europe, 2011, FEDEORA

2017

|Bikini Moon{{cite web|author1=Bruno Carmelo|title=Mostra de São Paulo 2017: "A Internet ainda não ajudou o cinema como ajudou a música", afirma Milcho Manchevski, diretor de Bikini Moon| url=http://www.adorocinema.com/noticias/filmes/noticia-135121/|access-date=2017-11-08|language=pt|date=2017-10-25}}{{cite web|author1=Gui, Augusto|title=Bikini Moon [Resenha do Filme]| url=http://www.oquetemnanossaestante.com.br/2017/10/bikini-moon-resenha-do-filme.html?m=1|access-date=2017-11-08|language=pt|date=2017-10-21}}

|{{yes}}

|Directors' Week Special Jury Award at Fantasporto

2019

|Willow

|{{yes}}

|Best Director at Raindance; Best Feature Film at Cinequest, Mostra de València – Silver Palm

|Kaymak

|{{yes}}

|In post-production

= Short films =

The End of Time (2017)
Thursday (2013)
Buddies: Race – Skopsko for Us (2015)
Buddies: Filip – Skopsko for Us (2015)
Buddies: Green Car – Skopsko for Us (2015)
Macedonia Timeless: Mountains (2008)
Macedonia Timeless: Temples (2008)
Macedonia Timeless: Archaeology (2008)

= Television =

The Wire ("Game Day") (2002){{cite web | last=Dawson | first=Nick | title=Milcho Manchevski, Shadows | website=Filmmaker Magazine | date=March 8, 2017 | url=http://filmmakermagazine.com/1353-milcho-manchevski-shadows/ | access-date=March 22, 2017}}

= Music videos =

Kiril Dzajkovski – Red Safari (2019)
Kiril Dzajkovski – Dawn (2019)
Krte Rodzevski – Eh Ljubov (2019)
Nina Spirova – Eden baknez (2007)
Kiril Dzajkovski – Jungle Shadow (2007)
Kiril Dzajkovski – Primitive Science (2001)
Kiril Dzajkovski – The Dead Are Waiting (2001)
Kiril Dzajkovski – Brothel Tango (2001)
Roachford – This Generation (1994)
Arno Hintjens – Vive ma liberte (1993)
George Lamond – Baby I Believe in You (1992)
Sonia Dada – You Ain't Thinking (About Me) (1992)
School of Hard Knocks – A Dirty Cop Named Harry (1992)
Arrested Development – Tennessee (1991){{cite web | last=Bode | first=Gus | title=When Milcho Manchevski graduated from SIUC's film school in 1982, he had no idea that he would one day write and direct an Oscar nominated film. | website=Daily Egyptian | date=6 June 1997 | url=http://dailyegyptian.com/46772/archives/when-milcho-manchevski-graduated-from-siucs-film-school-in-1982-he-had-no-idea-that-he-would-one-day-write-and-direct-an-oscar-nominated-film/ | access-date=25 March 2017}}
Riff – If You're Serious (1991)
Deskee – Kid Get Hyped (1991)
Partners in Kryme – Undercover (1990)
Bastion – Hot Day in Mexico (1985)
Leb i sol – Aber dojde, Donke (1983)

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.manchevski.com/}}
{{IMDb name|0541391}}
[https://vimeo.com/manchevski Vimeo Manchevski]
[http://brooklynrail.org/2010/12/express/macedonian-mythmaking-mil268o-man268evsk-with-conor-mcgrady-dario-olman/ In Conversation: Macedonian Mythmaking: Milcho Manchevski with Conor McGrady & Dario Šolman, The Brooklyn Rail An interview]
[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRp0XiTkK7KqoqJB1rieBCg Official YouTube Channel]
{{Instagram|milcho.manchevski.official}}

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