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Andrij Parekh | |
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 Parekh at 44th KVIFF | |
| Born | September 20, 1971 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Carleton College (BA) New York University (MFA) |
| Spouse | Sophie Barthes |
Andrij Parekh (born September 20, 1971) is an American cinematographer and television director.
Parekh was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts of Ukrainian and Indian descent. [1] Parekh went to high school in Minnesota at The Blake School and attended Carleton College, where he graduated in 1995 with a degree in sociology/anthropology and a minor in media studies. [2] [3] He went on to study cinematography at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts (MFA, 2001) and the FAMU film school in Prague. [4] While at NYU, he was nominated for the 1998 Eastman Excellence in Cinematography award. [5] In 2001, he won an honorable mention from the American Society of Cinematographers in the "Heritage Award" category. [6]
He currently lives and works in New York City, shooting features and music videos, including work for artists such as MGMT (Electric Feel) or The Killers (Spaceman). [7] In 2004 he was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Indie Film"and was included as one of Variety's "Ten Cinematographers to Watch." [8] [9] Recently, he was invited to join the American Society of Cinematographers.
On September 20, 2020, at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, he was announced as the winner of that year's Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for his work directing “Hunting”, an episode of that year's Outstanding Drama Series winner, Succession . [10] More recently, he signed a deal with HBO. [11]
Short film
Television
| Year | Title | Episode(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2018–2023 | Succession | "Which Side Are You On?" |
| "Vaulter" | ||
| "Hunting" | ||
| "What it Takes" | ||
| "Kill List" | ||
| "America Decides" | ||
| 2019 | Watchmen | "If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own" |
| 2020 | Brave New World | "Monogamy & Futility" (Part 1 and Part 2) |
| 2024 | House of the Dragon | "Smallfolk" |
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Speak | Jessica Sharzer | |
| Messengers | Philip Farha | ||
| 2006 | Half Nelson | Ryan Fleck | |
| The Treatment | Oren Rudavsky | ||
| Fish Dreams | Kirill Mikhanovsky | ||
| The Favor | Eva Aridjis | ||
| 2007 | Noise | Henry Bean | |
| 2008 | Sugar | Anna Boden Ryan Fleck | |
| August | Austin Chick | ||
| The Toe Tactic | Emily Hubley | ||
| 2009 | Cold Souls | Sophie Barthes | Also producer |
| 2010 | Blue Valentine | Derek Cianfrance | |
| It's Kind of a Funny Story | Anna Boden Ryan Fleck | ||
| 2011 | Dark Horse | Todd Solondz | |
| 2012 | Greetings from Tim Buckley | Daniel Algrant | |
| 2014 | Madame Bovary | Sophie Barthes | |
| 2015 | Mississippi Grind | Anna Boden Ryan Fleck | |
| 2017 | The Zookeeper's Wife | Niki Caro | |
| 2018 | The Catcher Was a Spy | Ben Lewin | |
| 2021 | Naked Singularity | Chase Palmer | |
| 2023 | The Pod Generation | Sophie Barthes | |
| 2025 | Roofman | Derek Cianfrance | Post-production |
Documentary series
| Year | Title | Director | Episode(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Psychic Detectives | Jill Roussell | "A Mother's Plea" |
| 2006-2007 | Mystery Diagnosis | "Eaten Alive" | |
| "The Man with Rocks in His Chest" | |||
| "The Man Who Turned Orange" (Also credited as "associate producer") | |||
| 2008 | The Power of Dreams - Dream the Impossible | Joe Berlinger |
Documentary film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not for Sale | Jeff Stimmel | With Atanasio DiFelice, David Ford, Rob Forlenza and Basia Winograd |
TV series
| Year | Title | Director | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 13 Reasons Why | Tom McCarthy | "Tape 1 Side A" |
| "Tape 1 Side B" | |||
| 2018 | Succession | Adam McKay | "Celebration" |
| Mark Mylod | "Sh*t Show at the F**k Factory" | ||
| "Lifeboats" |
Miniseries
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Show Me a Hero | Paul Haggis | |
| 2019 | Watchmen | Nicole Kassell | Episode "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" |
| 2021 | Scenes from a Marriage | Hagai Levi |
| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | American Society of Cinematographers | Heritage Award - Honorable mention | Won | ||
| 2003 | Won | ||||
| Camerimage | Golden Tadpole | Empty | Nominated | ||
| 2010 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Cinematography | Cold Souls | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | Succession | Won | For episode "Hunting" |
| 2023 | Nominated | For episode "America Decides" | |||
| 2021 | Directors Guild of America | Outstanding Directing – Drama Series | Nominated | For episode "What It Takes" | |
| 2023 | Nominated | For episode "America Decides" | |||
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