Darius Khondji Biography (1955-)

Born October 21, 1955, in Tehran, Iran; raised in Paris, France; married; wife's name, Marianne; children: Marie Louise, Josephine, and Alexandre. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 76 Oxford St., London W1N 0AX, England.

Nationality: Iranian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Cinematographer, cameraman
Birth Details: October 21, 1955; Tehran, Iran

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Cinematographer
Classique, 1985
Embrasse-moi, 1988
Le tresor des chiennes (also known as Treasure of Bitch Island), 1989
Delicatessen, Miramax, 1991
Prague, 1992
L'ombre du doute (also known as A Shadow of a Doubt), Vertigo Films, 1993
Marie-Louise ou la permission (also known as Marie-Louise or The Leave), 1994
Parano, 1994
La cite des enfants perdus (also known as The City of the LostChildren), Sony Pictures Classics, 1995
Pred dozhdot (also known as Before the Rain), 1995
Se7en (also known as Seven), New Line Cinema, 1995

Stealing Beauty (also known as Beaute volee and Io balloda sola), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
Evita, Buena Vista, 1996
Alien: Resurrection (also known as Alien 4), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
The Ninth Gate (also known as La neuvieme porte and La novena puerta), Artisan Entertainment, 1999
The Beach, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
Blue Vision (also known as In Dreams), DreamWorks, 1999
Panic Room, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2002
Anything Else, DreamWorks, 2003
Film Work
Other
Camera assistant, Flugel und Fellel, 1984
First assistant camera, Rive droite, rive gauche (also known as Right Bank, Left Bank), 1984
Assistant camera, Jeans Tonic (also known as Jeans, basket et Coca-Cola), 1984
First assistant camera, Le lieu du crime (also known as Le crime, Le mauvaise herbe, and Scene of the Crime), 1986
Assistant camera, Double messieurs (also known as Double Gentlemen), 1986
RECORDINGS
Music Videos; Cinematographer
Madonna's "Frozen," 1998
Leftfield's "Afrika Shox," 2000

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

American Cinematographer, October, 1995, pp. 34-42

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