Andrij Parekh

Andrij Parekh
Andrij Parekh
	Parekh at 44th KVIFF
Born	September 20, 1971 (age 52); Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Carleton College (BA); New York University (MFA)
Spouse	Sophie Barthes

Early life

Parekh was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts of Ukrainian and Indian descent. 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. He went on to study cinematography at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts (MFA, 2001) and the FAMU film school in Prague. While at NYU, he was nominated for the 1998 Eastman Excellence in Cinematography award. In 2001, he won an honorable mention from the American Society of Cinematographers in the "Heritage Award" category.

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). 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." 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. More recently, he signed a deal with HBO.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director
2004	Speak	Jessica Sharzer
2004	Messengers	Philip 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
2010	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

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2006	Psychic Detectives	Jill Roussell	Episode "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	Himself	Episodes "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

References

External links

Andrij Parekh at IMDb
www.andrijparekh.com Official Website