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Milčo Mančevski
Born	Milčo Mančevski October 18, 1959 (1959-10-18) (age 50) Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Other name(s)	Milcho Manchevski
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter, actor
Years active	1978 – present
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Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Projects/Awards 1.2 Achievement Awards 2 Selected filmography (as director) 2.1 Feature films 2.2 Television 2.3 Music videos 3 Published Art 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Milčo Mančevski (Macedonian: Милчо Манчевски, [ˈmiltʃɔ ˈmantʃɛfski] (help·info)) (born 18 October 1959 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia), usually credited as Milcho Manchevski, is a Macedonian film director and screenwriter.

He studied at the Faculty of Philosophy at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje (Archaeology and Art History) and graduated at the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts at the Southern Illinois University (Department of Cinema and Photography).

Mančevski has wrote and directed the feature films Before the Rain (1994), Dust (2001) and Shadows (2007) and over 50 short forms (experimental films, documentaries, commercials and music videos).

He has published fiction, essays and op-ed pieces in New American Writing, La Repubblica, Corriere Della Sera, Sineast, The Guardian, Suddeutsche Zeitung, etc. He authored a small book of fiction titled The Ghost of My Mother and a book of photographs Street shown in Macedonia (1999), Sweden (1999), Croatia (2000), Italy (2000), Greece (2001), France (2001), Slovenia (2006).

He has lectured at a number of universities, cinematheques, art museums and art institutes all over the world.

Mančevski currently resides in New York City where he teaches directing at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts (Graduate Film program).

[edit] Projects/Awards

Mančevski won MTV Award for Best Rap Video for "Tennessee" and Award for Best experimental film (for "1.73").

Before the Rain won Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival (1994) and an Academy-Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film (1995). Before the Rain has been listed in the New York Times' book Best 1000 Movies Ever Made.

Dust (2001), Mančevski's second feature film, was the opening-night film of the Venice Film Festival.

In 2009, Mančevski directed Macedonia Timeless and Macedonia Timeless Temples, both videos promoting the Republic of Macedonia as an attractive tourist destination.

Macedonia Timeless in May, 2009 won the Award for Best Commercial spot at the International Festival for Tourist films in Plock, Poland and the same year in September won the Award "Blue Danube" for Best Cultural Tourist Film at the International Festival of Tourist and Ecology Films - "SILAFEST", Serbia.

[edit] Achievement Awards

• October 11 for Major Achievement (Republic of Macedonia, 1995)
• Mother Theresa award for Humanitarian Work (2002)
• Ambassador of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia (2007)

[edit] Selected filmography (as director)

[edit] Feature films

• Before the Rain (1994)
• Dust (2001)
• Shadows (2007)

[edit] Television

• The Wire ("Game Day") (2002)

[edit] Music videos

• Leb i sol - "Damar" - (1983)
• Leb i sol - "Wavelength" - (1983)
• Leb i sol - "Aber Dojde, Donke" - (1983)
• Bastion - "Hot Day in Mexico" - (1985)
• Partners in Kryme - "Undercover" - (1990)
• Way to go - "Fever" - (1991)
• Deskee - "Kid Get Hyped" - (1991)
• Riff - "If You're Serious" - (1991)
• Arrested Development - "Tennessee" - (1992)
• Robyn Springer - "Forever and ever" - (1992)
• Hard Knocks - "A Dirty Cop Named Harry" - (1992)
• Degrees of Motion - "Do you Want It Right Now" - (1992)
• Degrees of Motion - "Shine on" - (1992)
• Main Source - "Fakin' The Funk" - (1992)
• Aurra - "Just A Little Love" - (1992)
• Curtis Stigers - "Never Saw A Miracle" - (1992)
• Black Sheep - "Similak Child" - (1992)
• Sonia Dada - "You Ain't Thinking About Me" - (1992)
• George Lamond - "Baby, I Believe In You" - (1992)
• Arno Hintjens - "Vive Ma Liberte" - (1993)
• Andrew Roachford - "This Generation" - (1994)
• Kiril Džajkovski - "Brothel Tango" - (2001)
• Kiril Džajkovski - "The Dead Are Waiting" - (2001)
• Kiril Džajkovski - "Primitive Science" - (2001)
• Kiril Džajkovski - "Jungle Shadow" - (2007)
• Nina Spirova - "Eden baknez" - (2007)

[edit] Published Art

• Europe and the Other, Europe as the Other, Bo Strath, 2000 (front cover photo)
• Kiril Džajkovski - "Religion and Sex", 2000 (album cover design and photo)
• "The Bastion Sessions", 2005 (album cover design)
• "Various Artists", 2007 (album cover design)

[edit] External links

• Official Home Page
• Milcho Manchevski at the Internet Movie Database