IEC
2004
AMIR MOKRI
Born: 11 June 1956, Iran, as Amir M. Mokri. Went to the USA in 1977.
Education: Emerson College, Boston [graduated in 1981]; American Film Institute [1982], Los Angeles.
Career: Ph numerous commercials dir by David Shane [for BellSouth], Bryan Buckley, Mike Bigelow [for McDonald's], Martin Weisz [for Farmers Insurance], Meiert Avis, Kinka Usher, Dave Merhar [for McDonald's], a.o. Ph music videos, e.g. 'Tin Soldier' [1986; a: Michael Henderson; d: Nigel Dick].
Married to film/music video prod Winnie Fredriksz.
Awards: Independent Spirit Award nom [1988] for 'Slamdance'; Independent Spirit Award nom [1991] for 'Life Is Cheap… But Toilet Paper Is Expensive'.
Website: Amir Mokri
| FILMS & INTERNET | |
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1985 |
A Hero of Our Time [Michael Almereyda] b&w; short/28m; cph: Klaus Thulin; addph: Chris Squires; 2uc: Martin Schaer |
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1986 |
All You Can Dream [Alan Bloom] c; educational music video (a: Nia Peeples) promoting the values of UCLA; also Spanish version; English + Spanish version: 15m |
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1986 |
House of the Rising Sun/Street Life [Greg Gold] c |
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1986 |
Slamdance/Slam Dance [Wayne Wang] c |
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1988 |
Eat a Bowl of Tea [Wayne Wang] c; addph: Michael Chin |
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1988 |
Blue Steel [Kathryn Bigelow] c; addph (+ c.op): Constantine Makris |
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1989 |
Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive [Wayne Wang] c; + co-story |
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1989 |
Queens Logic [Steve Rash] c |
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1990 |
Pacific Heights [John Schlesinger] c; 2uc (San Francisco): Renato Di Giuseppe |
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1990 |
Whore [Ken Russell] c; addph: Alex Nepomniaschy |
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1991 |
Freejack [Geoff Murphy] p/c; uncred; addph: Matthew Leonetti; efx ph: Scott Beattie & Alex Funke |
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1992 |
The Joy Luck Club [Wayne Wang] c |
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1995 |
Eye for an Eye [John Schlesinger] c |
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1999 |
Coyote Ugly [David NcNally] s35/c; addph: David Golia & Barry Peterson; 2uc (+ 2ud): Darek Wolski |
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2000 |
The Salton Sea [D.J. Caruso] c |
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2000 |
Don't Say a Word [Gary Fleder] s35/c; addph: Ericson Core; 2uc New York: Tom Priestley Jr.; vfx ph: Tim Angulo |
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2002 |
Bad Boys II [Michael Bay] s35/c; 2uc: C. Mitchell Amundsen; addph 2u: David Golia; aph: David B. Nowell; uwph: Pete Romano |
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2003 |
Taking Lives [D.J. Caruso] s35/c; 2uc: Don McCuaig; addph: Alex Nepomniaschy; insert ph: Renato Di Giuseppe; main title seq ph: Kramer Morgenthau |
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2004 |
Lord of War [Andrew Niccol] s35/c; aph: John Marzano |
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2006 |
Vantage Point [Pete Travis] s35/c; 2uc: Igor Meglic; aph: Adam Dale |
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2007 |
National Treasure: Book of Secrets [Jon Turteltaub] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; cph: John Schwartzman (replaced Amir Mokri); 2uc: Josh Bleibtreu (USA) & Fraser Taggart (UK); aph: David B. Nowell & (UK) Adam Dale |
[Left] with Justin Lin - "Fast & Furious" - photo by Jaimie Trueblood
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2008 |
Fast & Furious [Justin Lin] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Paul Hughen; addph: Tom Clancey; aph: Hans Bjerno; aph 2u: Mike FitzMaurice |
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2008 |
Season of the Witch [Dominic Sena] s35-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; addph Shreveport (reshoots in September 2010 dir by Brett Ratner): Dante Spinotti; 2uc Shreveport: Bruce McCleery; aph: John Marzano |
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2010 |
Transformers: Dark of the Moon/Transformers 3 [Michael Bay] HD (Sony F35 + ARRI ALEXA + Silicon Imaging SI-2K)+RED+p-to-35mm scope (also Technicolor 3D) (+ IMAX-70bu [3-D] & D-Cinema [also 3-D version])/c; addph (Africa): Matt Aeberhard; aph: David B. Nowell; wingsuit ph (Chicago): Rob Bruce |
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2011 |
Man of Steel [Zack Snyder] p (+ IMAX-70bu & D-Cinema)/c; 2uc (Vancouver) (+ main unit co-c.op): William R. Dalgleish; aph: David B. Nowell & (California) Michael Kelem; Vancouver water tank unit ph (+ 2ud): Pete Romano |
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2012 |
The Wolverine/X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2 [James Mangold (replaced Darren Aronofsky)] left the prod and was replaced by 2uc Ross Emery |
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2013 |
Transformers: Age of Extinction/Transformers 4 [Michael Bay] p+RED Epic Dragon/p+HD (Phantom 65 Gold/IMAX 3-D)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema [also 3-D version])/c; 2uc: Peter Collister & Brooks Guyer; add 2uc: Matt Aeberhard; aph: David B. Nowell; vfx/plate ph (Hong Kong): Dean Head; edge ph 2u: Hans Bjerno |
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2013 |
Good Kill [Andrew Niccol] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT/p)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; aph: Dylan Goss; explosion ph: Christopher Warren; filmed 2013-14 |
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2014 |
Pixels [Chris Columbus] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT/Hawk Scope)-to-35mm scope/c; 2uc: Josh Bleibtreu; aph: Hans Bjerno & Adam Dale (London); aph vfx unit: Phil Pastuhov |
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2015 |
Once Upon a Time in Venice/Going Under [Mark & Robb Cullen] HD (ARRI ALEXA)/c; addph: Andrew Parke; uwph: Tom Boyd |
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2015 |
Birth of the Dragon [George Nolfi] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT Plus/p)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; ph China: Teodoro Maniaci; 2uc: Steve Condiotti; filmed 2015-16 |
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2016 |
Anon [Andrew Niccol] HD/c; for Netflix |
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2018 |
SuperFly [Director X (= Julien Christian Lutz)] HD/c; remake of 'Super Fly' (1972, Gordon Parks Jr.; ph: James Signorelli) |
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2018 |
Murder Mystery [Kyle Newacheck] HD/c; 2uc: Josh Bleibtreu; aph: Adam Dale; for Netflix |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |
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|
1985 |
Stoogemania/Stooge Mania/Party Stooge [Chuck Workman] asst to dir; ph: Christopher Tufty |
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1985 |
Last Resort/She Knew No Other Way/Club Sandwich [Zane Buzby] co-gaffer; ph: Stephen M. Katz & Alex Nepomniaschy |
