2004


               


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



FILMS

1985

A Hero of Our Time [Michael Almereyda] b&w; short/28m; cph: Klaus Thulin; addph: Chris Squires; 2uc: Martin Schaer

1986

All You Can Dream [Alan Bloom] c

1987

House of the Rising Sun/Street Life [Greg Gold] c

1987

Slamdance/Slam Dance [Wayne Wang] c

1988

Eat a Bowl of Tea [Wayne Wang] c; addph: Michael Chin

1988

Blue Steel [Kathryn Bigelow] c; addph (+ c.op): Constantine Makris

1989

Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive [Wayne Wang] c; + co-story

1989

Queens Logic [Steve Rash] c

1990

Pacific Heights [John Schlesinger] c; 2uc: Renato Di Giuseppe

1990

Whore [Ken Russell] c; addph: Alex Nepomniaschy

1991

Freejack [Geoff Murphy] p/c; addph: Matthew Leonetti; efx ph: Scott Beattie & Alex Funke

1992

The Joy Luck Club [Wayne Wang] c

1995

Eye for an Eye [John Schlesinger] c

1999

Coyote Ugly [David NcNally] s35/c; addph: David Golia; 2uc (+ 2ud): Darek Wolski

2000

The Salton Sea [D.J. Caruso] c

2000

Don't Say a Word [Gary Fleder] s35/c; addph: Ericson Core; 2uc New York: Tom Priestley Jr.; vfx ph: Tim Angulo

2002

Bad Boys II [Michael Bay] s35/c; 2uc: C. Mitchell Amundsen; 2uc addph: David Golia; aph: David B. Nowell; uwph: Pete Romano

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

2004

Lord of War [Andrew Niccol] s35/c; aph: John Marzano

2006

Vantage Point [Pete Travis] s35/c; 2uc: Igor Meglic; aph: Adam Dale

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

[Left] with dir Justin Lin - "Fast and Furious"

2008

Fast and Furious [Justin Lin] s35/c; 2uc: Paul Hughen

2008

Season of the Witch [Dominic Sena] c; aph: John Marzano

2010

Transformers 3 [Michael Bay] pre-production