MIHAI MALAIMARE Jr.

#1: From interview [2012, Plus Camerimage]

MIHAI MALAIMARE, Jr.

Born: 1975, Romania, as son of actor, director and politician Mihai Malaimare [1950-].

Education: Universitatea [Nationala] de Arta Teatrala si Cinematografica 'I.L. Caragiale' [University of Theatre and Film], Bucharest.

Career: At age 15, after being gifted with a video camera, he found his passion. He recorded family life and made short films. He was then enrolled in an after-school program for stills photography. Went to the University in 1996.

Ph commercials and music videos. Directed documentaries. Also active as stills ph.

Awards: Independent Spirit Award nom [2008] for 'Youth Without Youth'.

Website: Mihai Malaimare, Jr.

FILMS, TELEVISION & INTERNET
2002	18:36 [Ionut Giurgiuca] c; short/16m
2003	Apartamentul/The Apartment [Constantin Popescu] c; short/20m
2004	Lotus [Ioan Carmazan] c
2004	Canton/A Lineman's Cabin [Constantin Popescu] c; short/30m
2004	Pacala se întoarce/Pacala 2 [Geo Saizescu] c

[Center] with dir Francis Ford Coppola [left]

"Youth Without Youth"

2005	Youth Without Youth/Un'altra giovinezza [Francis Ford Coppola] HD (Sony F900)-to-35mm scope/c; filmed in Romania; 'I kept everything simple. When I knew this could work, I brought over two trusted colleagues and the camera. I began testing actors in a backroom of my host's pharmaceutical company. There are over 50 roles in 'Youth Without Youth'. How many could I cast right there? But I had an even more elaborate scheme: each time I shot a test with an actor, I'd use a different photographer. They were all fine but I chose Mihai Malaimare Jr. The movie was about becoming young again. I liked the fact that Mihai was so young, had a gentle personality, and was tremendously talented. When I told him the camera would remain stationary throughout, he said 'that's great'!' [Francis Ford Coppola]
2007	Sunset [Oana Marian] HD+still cam/b&w; short/12m
2008	Tetro [Francis Ford Coppola] HD (Sony F900)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/b&w-c
*2008*	Empires of the Deep/Mermaid Island [Michael French (replaced Jonathan Lawrence, who replaced Pitof)] announced as doph, but film was ph in 2010 by Xiaobing Rao
*2009*	Aurora [Cristi Puiu] was in talks about shooting this prod, but it was ph by Viorel Sergovici
2010	Little Red Wagon [David Anspaugh] c
2010	Twixt/Twixt Now and Sunrise [Francis Ford Coppola] HD (Sony F900)-to-digital (also 3-D version)/c

"The Master"

2011	The Master [Paul Thomas Anderson] p65+35mm-to-p70 (+ 35mm & D-Cinema)/c; Hawaii unit ph: Barry Idoine; replaced ph Robert Elswit who was unavailable due to a schedule conflict
2011	Back Beyond [Paul Thomas Anderson] c/DVD; short/20m; montage of unused scenes from 'The Master'; released in 2013
2011	Take This Lollipop/The Collector [Jason Zada] HD/c; viral short + Facebook app/3m; premiered on the Internet
2012	The Time Being [Nenad Cicin-Sain] c; 2uc: Ian S. Takahashi
2012	The Super Dimensional Quantum Learnings Problems + Solutions GameTime Spectacular!! [Jon M. Gibson] 4-part (x 3m) series; advertising for video game 'Quantum Conundrum'; premiered on Internet
2012	+1/Plus One [Dennis Iliadis] HD (ARRI ALEXA) scope/c; 2uc: Ian S. Takahashi
*2012*	Take This Lollipop 2 [Jason Zada] looking for money (crowd funding); funding was unsuccessful
2012	Nina [Cynthia Mort] p (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc (+ c.op 'b' cam): Ian Takahashi; released in 2016
2013	A Walk Among the Tombstones [Scott Frank] HD (ARRI ALEXA Plus 4:3/p)+RED Epic/p-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c
2014	Delirium/Home [Dennis Iliadis] HD-to-digital/c; uwph: Ian Takahashi
2014	Hitchcock / Truffaut [Kent Jones] HD-to-digital/b&w-c; doc/79m; ph Los Angeles; ph New York: Lisa Rinzler, Nick Bentgen & Daniel Cowen; ph Paris, France: Éric Gautier; ph Tokyo: Genta Tamaki
2015	Pariah [Rob McElhenney] pilot; for FX Networks
2015	November Criminals [Sacha Gervasi (replaced Lisa Cholodenko)] HD (ARRI ALEXA)/c
2015	Distant Vision [Francis Ford Coppola] c; 52m; 2uc: Rob Brink; a 'Live Cinema' production that was broadcast to a limited audience from the stages of Oklahoma City Community College on 5 June 2015
2015	Sleepless/Sleepless Night [Baran bo Odar] HD-to-digital (scope)/c; remake of 'Nuit blanche' (2010, Frédéric Jardin; ph: Tom Stern)
2016	Distant Vision [Francis Ford Coppola] c; a 'Live Cinema' production that was broadcast to a limited audience from UCLA on 22 July 2016
2017	The Hate U Give [George Tillman Jr.] HD (Panavision DXL/p)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c

MISCELLANEOUS
1997	Gadjo dilo/Strainul nebun/The Crazy Stranger [Tony Gatlif] stills ph; ph: Eric Guichard
2015	The Family Whistle [Michele Russo; doc/65m] co-c.op; ph: Ugo Lo Pinto