Darius Khondji

Darius Khondji is a French cinematographer with Iranian roots, Oscar nominee. He is a native of Tehran, where he was born on October 21, 1955 in the family of a French woman and an Iranian. As a child, together with his parents, he moved to France, later, keen on film art, went to the United States to study at the University of California, and then specialized in film at the University of New York. In 1981, Honji came back to France, where he worked a lot as an assistant, assistant operator, shot more

Darius Khondji is a French cinematographer with Iranian roots, Oscar nominee.

He is a native of Tehran, where he was born on October 21, 1955 in the family of a French woman and an Iranian. As a child, together with his parents, he moved to France, later, keen on film art, went to the United States to study at the University of California, and then specialized in film at the University of New York.

In 1981, Honji came back to France, where he worked a lot as an assistant, assistant operator, shot advertising stories, music videos. The first short films, where he acted as a cameraman, came out in the mid-1980s. Darius drew attention to himself in 1990 after the release of the film “Treasure of Dog Islands”. The next picture, “Delicates”, made the operator widely known, he was nominated for the “Cesar” award.

Since then, he has worked with many famous filmmakers, in particular, such as Jean-Pierre Jeune, Sidney Pollack, David Fincher, Bernardo Bertolucci, Alan Parker, Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Wong Kar-Wai and Michael Haneke. For the film. Evita Honji was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA award.