Andrij Parekh

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Andrij Parekh
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Parekh at 44th KVIFF
Born (1971-09-20) September 20, 1971 (age 52)
Education Carleton College (BA)
New York University (MFA)
Spouse Sophie Barthes

Andrij Parekh (born September 20, 1971) is an American cinematographer and television director.

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Early life

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]

Career

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]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2004 Speak Jessica Sharzer
MessengersPhilip Farha
2006 Half Nelson Ryan Fleck
The Treatment Oren Rudavsky
Sonhos de Peixe Kirill Mikhanovsky
The Favor Eva S. Aridjis
2007 Noise Henry Bean
2008 Sugar Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
August Austin Chick
The Toe Tactic Emily Hubley
2009 Cold Souls Sophie Barthes
2010 Blue Valentine Derek Cianfrance
It's Kind of a Funny Story Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
2011 Dark Horse Todd Solondz
2012 Greetings from Tim Buckley Daniel Algrant
2014 Madame Bovary Sophie Barthes
2015 Mississippi Grind Anna Boden and 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

Television

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2006 Psychic Detectives Jill RoussellEpisode "A Mother's Plea"
2015 Show Me a Hero Paul Haggis Miniseries
2017 13 Reasons Why Tom McCarthy Episodes "Tape 1 Side A" and "Tape 1 Side B"
2019–2023 Succession HimselfEpisodes "Which Side Are You On?", "Vaulter", "Hunting", "What it Takes" and "America Decides"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (For episode "Hunting")
2019 Watchmen Episode "If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own"
2020 Brave New World Episodes "Monogamy & Futility, Part 1" and "Monogamy & Futility, Part 2"
2021 Scenes from a Marriage Hagai Levi Miniseries

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