Andrij Parekh

Andrij Parekh
Andrij Parekh
	Parekh at 44th KVIFF
Born	September 20, 1971 (age 53); Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Carleton College (BA); New York University (MFA)
Spouse	Sophie Barthes

Andrij Parekh (born September 20, 1971) is an American cinematographer and television director.

Early life

Parekh was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts of Ukrainian and Indian descent.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3] He went on to study cinematography at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts (MFA, 2001) and the FAMU film school in Prague.^[4] While at NYU, he was nominated for the 1998 Eastman Excellence in Cinematography award.^[5] In 2001, he won an honorable mention from the American Society of Cinematographers in the "Heritage Award" category.^[6]

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).^[7] 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."^[8]^[9] 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.^[10] More recently, he signed a deal with HBO.^[11]

Filmography

Director

Short film

Mertvi pivni (2002)
Zimove vesilya (2004)

Television

Year	Title	Episode(s)
2018–2023	Succession	"Which Side Are You On?"
		"Vaulter"
		"Hunting"
		"What it Takes"
		"Kill List"
		"America Decides"
2019	Watchmen	"If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own"
2020	Brave New World	"Monogamy & Futility" (Part 1 and Part 2)
2024	House of the Dragon	"Smallfolk"

Cinematographer

Film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2004	Speak	Jessica Sharzer
2004	Messengers	Philip Farha
2006	Half Nelson	Ryan Fleck
	The Treatment	Oren Rudavsky
	Fish Dreams	Kirill Mikhanovsky
	The Favor	Eva Aridjis
2007	Noise	Henry Bean
2008	Sugar	Anna Boden Ryan Fleck
	August	Austin Chick
	The Toe Tactic	Emily Hubley
2009	Cold Souls	Sophie Barthes	Also producer
2010	Blue Valentine	Derek Cianfrance
2010	It's Kind of a Funny Story	Anna Boden Ryan Fleck
2011	Dark Horse	Todd Solondz
2012	Greetings from Tim Buckley	Daniel Algrant
2014	Madame Bovary	Sophie Barthes
2015	Mississippi Grind	Anna Boden 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
2025	Roofman	Derek Cianfrance	Post-production

Television

Documentary series

Year	Title	Director	Episode(s)
2006	Psychic Detectives	Jill Roussell	"A Mother's Plea"
2006-2007	Mystery Diagnosis		"Eaten Alive"
			"The Man with Rocks in His Chest"
			"The Man Who Turned Orange" (Also credited as "associate producer")
2008	The Power of Dreams - Dream the Impossible	Joe Berlinger

Documentary film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2008	The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not for Sale	Jeff Stimmel	With Atanasio DiFelice, David Ford, Rob Forlenza and Basia Winograd

TV series

Year	Title	Director	Episodes
2017	13 Reasons Why	Tom McCarthy	"Tape 1 Side A"
2017	13 Reasons Why	Tom McCarthy	"Tape 1 Side B"
2018	Succession	Adam McKay	"Celebration"
		Mark Mylod	"Sht Show at the F*k Factory"
		Mark Mylod	"Lifeboats"

Miniseries

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2015	Show Me a Hero	Paul Haggis
2019	Watchmen	Nicole Kassell	Episode "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice"
2021	Scenes from a Marriage	Hagai Levi

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result	Notes
2001	American Society of Cinematographers	Heritage Award - Honorable mention		Won
2003	American Society of Cinematographers	Heritage Award - Honorable mention		Won
2003	Camerimage	Golden Tadpole	Empty	Nominated
2010	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Cinematography	Cold Souls	Nominated
2019	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series	Succession	Won	For episode "Hunting"
2023	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series		Nominated	For episode "America Decides"
2021	Directors Guild of America	Outstanding Directing – Drama Series		Nominated	For episode "What It Takes"
2023	Directors Guild of America	Outstanding Directing – Drama Series		Nominated	For episode "America Decides"

References

^ "Andrij Parekh". www.andrijparekh.com. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
^ "C.J.: Carleton-educated Andrij Parekh is eye behind gloriously shot 'Zookeeper's Wife'". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "Andrij Parekh '94 featured in Star Tribune". Carleton Now. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "Andrij Parekh". Variety. 2006-11-02. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
^ "This Art Of The Shot: "13 Reasons Why" Director of Photography Andrij Parekh". ProVideo Coalition. 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "American Society of Cinematographers, USA (2001)". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
^ "Andrij Parekh | Music_Videos". www.andrijparekh.com. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "25 NEW FACES OF INDIE FILM 2004 - Filmmaker Magazine - Summer 2004". filmmakermagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
^ "Andrij Parekh". Variety. 2006-11-02. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
^ "Emmys Toast 'Watchmen' and 'Schitt's Creek' as Stars Stay Home". New York Times. 2020-09-20.
^ Petski, Denise (2020-10-21). "'Succession' Director-Cinematographer Andrij Parekh Inks Deal With HBO". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-10-23.

External links

Andrij Parekh at IMDb
www.andrijparekh.com Official Website

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[1] "Andrij Parekh". www.andrijparekh.com. Retrieved 2023-06-01.

[2] "C.J.: Carleton-educated Andrij Parekh is eye behind gloriously shot 'Zookeeper's Wife'". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[3] "Andrij Parekh '94 featured in Star Tribune". Carleton Now. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[4] "Andrij Parekh". Variety. 2006-11-02. Retrieved 2018-11-15.

[5] "This Art Of The Shot: "13 Reasons Why" Director of Photography Andrij Parekh". ProVideo Coalition. 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[6] "American Society of Cinematographers, USA (2001)". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-11-15.

[7] "Andrij Parekh | Music_Videos". www.andrijparekh.com. Retrieved 2018-10-23.

[8] "25 NEW FACES OF INDIE FILM 2004 - Filmmaker Magazine - Summer 2004". filmmakermagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-11-15.

[9] "Andrij Parekh". Variety. 2006-11-02. Retrieved 2018-11-15.

[10] "Emmys Toast 'Watchmen' and 'Schitt's Creek' as Stars Stay Home". New York Times. 2020-09-20.

[11] Petski, Denise (2020-10-21). "'Succession' Director-Cinematographer Andrij Parekh Inks Deal With HBO". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-10-23.

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1960s	Robert Mulligan for The Moon and Sixpence (1960) George Schaefer for Macbeth (1961) Franklin J. Schaffner for The Defenders (1962) Stuart Rosenberg for "The Madman" (1963) Tom Gries for "Who Do You Kill?" (1964) Paul Bogart for "The 700 Year Old Gang" (1965) Sydney Pollack for "The Game" (1966) Alex Segal for Death of a Salesman (1967) Paul Bogart for "Dear Friends" (1968) David Greene for "The People Next Door" (1969)
1970s	Paul Bogart for "Shadow Game" (1970) Daryl Duke for "The Day the Lion Died" (1971) Alexander Singer for "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland" (1972) Jerry Thorpe for "An Eye for an Eye" (1973) Robert Butler for "Part III" (1974) Bill Bain for "A Sudden Storm" (1975) David Greene for "Part I: Chapters 1 & 2" (Rich Man, Poor Man) (1976) David Greene for "Part 1" (Roots) (1977) Marvin J. Chomsky for Holocaust (1978) Jackie Cooper for "Pilot" (The White Shadow) (1979)
1980s	Roger Young for "Cop" (1980) Robert Butler for "Hill Street Station"(1981) Harry Harris for "To Soar and Never Falter" (1982) Jeff Bleckner for "Life in the Minors" (1983) Corey Allen for "Goodbye, Mr. Scripps" (1984) Karen Arthur for "Heat" (1985) Georg Stanford Brown for "Parting Shots" (1986) Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot" (L.A. Law) (1987) Mark Tinker for "Weigh In, Way Out" (1988) Robert Altman for "The Boiler Room" (1989)
1990s	Thomas Carter for "Promises to Keep" / Scott Winant for "The Go-Between" (1990) Thomas Carter for "In Confidence" (1991) Eric Laneuville for "All God's Children" (1992) Barry Levinson for "Gone for Goode" (1993) Daniel Sackheim for "Tempest in a C-Cup" (1994) Mimi Leder for "Love's Labor Lost" (1995) Jeremy Kagan for "Leave of Absence" (1996) Mark Tinker for "Where's 'Swaldo?" (1997) Mark Tinker for "Pilot" (Brooklyn South) / Paris Barclay for "Lost Israel, Part 2" (1998) Paris Barclay for "Hearts and Souls" (1999)
2000s	Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (The West Wing) (2000) Thomas Schlamme for "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part I" & "Part II" (2001) Alan Ball for "Pilot" (Six Feet Under) (2002) Christopher Misiano for "Twenty Five" (2003) Walter Hill for "Deadwood" (2004) J. J. Abrams for "Pilot" (Lost) (2005) Jon Cassar for "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." (2006) Alan Taylor for "Kennedy and Heidi" (2007) Greg Yaitanes for "House's Head" (2008) Rod Holcomb for "And in the End..." (2009)
2010s	Steve Shill for "The Getaway" (2010) Martin Scorsese for "Boardwalk Empire" (2011) Tim Van Patten for "To the Lost" (2012) David Fincher for "Chapter 1" (2013) Cary Joji Fukunaga for "Who Goes There" (2014) David Nutter for "Mother's Mercy" (2015) Miguel Sapochnik for "Battle of the Bastards" (2016) Reed Morano for "Offred" (2017) Stephen Daldry for "Paterfamilias" (2018) Jason Bateman for "Reparations" (2019)
2020s	Andrij Parekh for "Hunting" (2020) Jessica Hobbs for "War" (2021) Hwang Dong-hyuk for "Red Light, Green Light" (2022) Mark Mylod for "Connor's Wedding" (2023) Frederick E. O. Toye for "Crimson Sky" (2024)

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