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AMIR MOKRI |
Born: 11 June 1956, Iran, as Amir M. Mokri. Went to the USA in 1977.
Education: Emerson College, Boston [graduated in 1981]; American Film Institute [198?-82], Los Angeles.
Career: Ph numerous commercials dir by David Shane [for BellSouth], Bryan Buckley, Mike Bigelow [for McDonald's], Martin Weisz [for Farmers Insurance], Meiert Avis, Kinka Usher, Dave Merhar [for McDonald's], a.o. Ph music videos, e.g. 'Tin Soldier' [1986; a: Michael Henderson; d: Nigel Dick].
Married to film & music video prod Winnie Fredriksz.
Awards: Independent Spirit Award nom [1988] for 'Slamdance'; Independent Spirit Award nom [1991] for 'Life Is Cheap… But Toilet Paper Is Expensive'.
Website: Amir Mokri
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1985 |
A Hero of Our Time [Michael Almereyda] b&w; short/28m; cph: Klaus Thulin; addph: Chris Squires; 2uc: Martin Schaer |
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1986 |
All You Can Dream [Alan Bloom] c |
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1986 |
House of the Rising Sun/Street Life [Greg Gold] c |
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1986 |
Slamdance/Slam Dance [Wayne Wang] c |
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1988 |
Eat a Bowl of Tea [Wayne Wang] c; addph: Michael Chin |
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1988 |
Blue Steel [Kathryn Bigelow] c; addph (+ c.op): Constantine Makris |
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1989 |
Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive [Wayne Wang] c; + co-story |
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1989 |
Queens Logic [Steve Rash] c |
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1990 |
Pacific Heights [John Schlesinger] c; 2uc (San Francisco): Renato Di Giuseppe |
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1990 |
Whore [Ken Russell] c; addph: Alex Nepomniaschy |
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1991 |
Freejack [Geoff Murphy] p/c; addph: Matthew Leonetti; efx ph: Scott Beattie & Alex Funke |
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1992 |
The Joy Luck Club [Wayne Wang] c |
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1995 |
Eye for an Eye [John Schlesinger] c |
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1999 |
Coyote Ugly [David NcNally] s35/c; addph: David Golia; 2uc (+ 2ud): Darek Wolski |
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2000 |
The Salton Sea [D.J. Caruso] c |
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2000 |
Don't Say a Word [Gary Fleder] s35/c; addph: Ericson Core; 2uc New York: Tom Priestley Jr.; vfx ph: Tim Angulo |
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2002 |
Bad Boys II [Michael Bay] s35/c; 2uc: C. Mitchell Amundsen; 2uc addph: David Golia; aph: David B. Nowell; uwph: Pete Romano |
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2003 |
Taking Lives [D.J. Caruso] s35/c; 2uc: Don McCuaig; addph: Alex Nepomniaschy; insert ph: Renato Di Giuseppe; main title seq ph: Kramer Morgenthau |
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2004 |
Lord of War [Andrew Niccol] s35/c; aph: John Marzano |
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2006 |
Vantage Point [Pete Travis] s35/c; 2uc: Igor Meglic; aph: Adam Dale |
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2007 |
National Treasure: Book of Secrets [Jon Turteltaub] s35/c; cph: John Schwartzman (replaced Amir Mokri); 2uc USA: Josh Bleibtreu; 2uc UK: Fraser Taggart; aph: David B. Nowell & (UK) Adam Dale |
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2008 |
Fast & Furious [Justin Lin] s35/c; 2uc: Paul Hughen; addph: Tom Clancey; aph: Hans Bjerno; aph 2u: Mike FitzMaurice |
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2008 |
Season of the Witch [Dominic Sena] c; reshoots ph (September 2010 dir by Brett Ratner): Dante Spinotti; 2uc Shreveport: Bruce McCleery; aph: John Marzano |
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2010 |
Transformers: Dark of the Moon [Michael Bay] HD (Sony F35 & ARRI ALEXA)+p-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; aph: David B. Nowell |
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2011 |
Man of Steel [Zack Snyder] c; aph: David B. Nowell; uwph: Pete Romano |
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