Martin Preiss (born 18 September 1978) is a Czech
cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...
, writer and director.
Life and career
Preiss was born in
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
,
Czechoslovakia
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, common_name = Czechoslovakia
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(now
Czech Republic
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). He studied at
Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) and gained a Masters in
cinematography
Cinematography (from ancient Greek κίνημα, ''kìnema'' "movement" and γράφειν, ''gràphein'' "to write") is the art of motion picture (and more recently, electronic video camera) photography.
Cinematographers use a lens to focu ...
in 2008. He is a member of the Czech Society Of Cinematographers (ACK), and was a Member of Presidium of this organisation. He has made a number of feature films, short films and commercials including the 2004 comedy-horror film ''
Choking Hazard'', 2008 comedy ''
Grapes'', and 2009 comedy ''
Little Knights Tale''.
Awards and nominations
* He received the award for Best Cinematography at the
California Independent Film Festival in 2010, for ''A Son's War''
*He was nominated for Golden Tadpole at
Camerimage and Best technical contribution at the
2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards
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for his work on the short film ''
Cargo
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''.
*He was nominated for a Czech Society of Cinematographers Award
for feature film ''
Little Knights Tale''.
Family
He is the nephew of Czech actors
Viktor Preiss and
Jana Preissová
Jana Preissová (née Drchalová; born 7 February 1948) is a Czech film and stage actress. She won a Czech Lion for Best Supporting Actress at the 1994 Czech Lion Awards, for her role in the film '' Řád''. She has also been recognised as the Bes ...
.
References
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1978 births
Living people
Czech cinematographers
Czech film directors