Milcho Manchevski

Milcho Manchevski (Macedonian: Милчо Манчевски,  pronounced [ˈmilt͡ʃɔ ˈmant͡ʃɛfski] ^ⓘ)^[1] is a Macedonian-American film director, photographer and artist.^[2][3]

Life

Milcho Manchevski was born on 18 October 1959 in Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia. He studied at the Faculty of Philosophy in Skopje's University.^[4] Manchevski's Before the Rain was called "one of the greatest debut feature films in the history of cinema" by Annette Insdorf. The New York Times included it in its Guide to the Best 1,000 Films Ever Made list.^[5][6][7] It won the Golden Lion in Venice, Independent Spirit, was nominated for an Academy Award and won 30 other awards.

He has made the multiple award-winning films, such as Dust, Shadows,^[5] Mothers, Bikini Moon and Willow. In addition, he's directed many music videos and shorts as such The End of Time, Thursday, Macedonia Timeless, Tennessee and 1.73. For Macedonia Timeless, which was during the term of prime minister Nikola Gruevski, he directed clips depicting a continuity between Alexander the Great's ancient Macedonia and Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia).^[8] He was elected as an honorary ambassador to New York in 2007. Manchevski is also an honorary member of the Writers' Association of Macedonia.^[4]

Manchevski won the Best Director award at the 2020 Raindance Film Festival for Willow.^[9]

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Producer	Awards / Notes
1994	Before the Rain[6]	Yes	Yes	No	Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival, Independent Spirit, Academy Award nomination, FIPRESCI
2001	Dust[10][11]	Yes	Yes	No	Golden Reel Award Nomination (Best Sound Editing), 2002
2007	Shadows[5][6]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Syracuse Film Festival, 2008: Best Actress nomination, Vesna Stanojevska, Park City Film Music Festival
2010	Mothers[12]	Yes	Yes	Yes	FEST: Special Jury Prize in the selection Europe Out of Europe, 2011, FEDEORA
2017	Bikini Moon[13][14]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Directors' Week Special Jury Award at Fantasporto
2019	Willow	Yes	Yes	Yes	Best Director at Raindance; Best Feature Film at Cinequest, Mostra de València – Silver Palm
2022	Kaymak	Yes	Yes	Yes
2025	Leaving Copacabana	Yes	Yes	Yes	Filming [15]

Short films

• The End of Time (2017)
• Thursday (2013)
• Buddies: Race – Skopsko for Us (2015)
• Buddies: Filip – Skopsko for Us (2015)
• Buddies: Green Car – Skopsko for Us (2015)
• Macedonia Timeless: Mountains (2008)
• Macedonia Timeless: Temples (2008)
• Macedonia Timeless: Archaeology (2008)

Television

• The Wire ("Game Day") (2002)^[6]

Music videos

• Kiril Dzajkovski – Red Safari (2019)
• Kiril Dzajkovski – Dawn (2019)
• Krte Rodzevski – Eh Ljubov (2019)
• Nina Spirova – Eden baknez (2007)
• Kiril Dzajkovski – Jungle Shadow (2007)
• Kiril Dzajkovski – Primitive Science (2001)
• Kiril Dzajkovski – The Dead Are Waiting (2001)
• Kiril Dzajkovski – Brothel Tango (2001)
• Roachford – This Generation (1994)
• Arno Hintjens – Vive ma liberte (1993)
• George Lamond – Baby I Believe in You (1992)
• Sonia Dada – You Ain't Thinking (About Me) (1992)
• School of Hard Knocks – A Dirty Cop Named Harry (1992)
• Arrested Development – Tennessee (1991)^[16]
• Riff – If You're Serious (1991)
• Deskee – Kid Get Hyped (1991)
• Partners in Kryme – Undercover (1990)
• Bastion – Hot Day in Mexico (1985)
• Leb i sol – Aber dojde, Donke (1983)