Milcho Manchevski


Milcho Manchevski is a Macedonian-American film director, photographer and artist.

Life

Milcho Manchevski was born on 18 October 1959 in Skopje, PR Macedonia, FPR Yugoslavia. He studied at the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje's University. Manchevski's Before the Rain was called "one of the greatest debut feature films in the history of cinema" by Annette Insdorf. The [New York Times] included it in its Guide to the Best 1,000 Films Ever Made list. It won the Golden Lion in Venice, Independent Spirit, was nominated for an Academy Award and won 30 other awards.
He has made the multiple award-winning films, such as Dust, Shadows, Mothers, Bikini Moon and Willow. In addition, he's directed many music videos and shorts as such The End of Time, Thursday, Macedonia Timeless, Tennessee and 1.73. For Macedonia Timeless, which was during the term of prime minister Nikola Gruevski, he directed clips depicting a continuity between Alexander the Great's ancient Macedonia and Republic of Macedonia. He was elected as an honorary ambassador to New York in 2007. Manchevski is also an honorary member of the Writers' Association of Macedonia.
Manchevski won the Best Director award at the 2020 Raindance Film Festival for Willow.

Filmography

Short films

  • The End of Time
  • Thursday
  • Buddies: Race – Skopsko for Us
  • Buddies: Filip – Skopsko for Us
  • Buddies: Green Car – Skopsko for Us
  • Macedonia Timeless: Mountains
  • Macedonia Timeless: Temples
  • ''Macedonia Timeless: Archaeology''

Television

Music videos