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Darius Khondji is a Paris-based cinematographer renowned for his distinct visual style and his collaborations with some of the world’s most acclaimed filmmakers. His work has earned two Academy Award nominations, three César Award nominations, and a BAFTA nomination, and his credits include Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children for Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Se7en for David Fincher, The Ninth Gate for Roman Polanski, The Immigrant and The Lost City of Z for James Gray, Midnight in Paris and Magic in the Moonlight for Woody Allen, Amour for Michael Haneke (which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film), Zidane: A First 21st Century Portrait, a documentary film for Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno, and Evita for Alan Parker, which earned him his first Oscar nomination. Khondji has worked on some of the most celebrated films of the past decade, shooting Uncut Gems and Marty Supreme for Josh Safdie, Okja and Mickey 17 for Bong Joon Ho, and Eddington for Ari Aster. His work on Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths earned him an Oscar nomination, an ASC nomination, and a Silver Frog award at Camerimage. (Photo courtesy A24.)

Darius Khondji

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