Andrij Parekh (born September 20, 1971) is an American

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and television director.

Early life

Parekh was born in

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of Ukrainian and

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descent. Parekh went to high school in Minnesota at The Blake School and attended

Carleton College Carleton College ( ) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1866, the main campus is between Northfield and the approximately Carleton ...

, where he graduated in 1995 with a degree in sociology/anthropology and a minor in media studies. He went on to study cinematography at

NYU New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a non-denominational all-male institutio ...

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(MFA, 2001) and the FAMU film school in

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. While at NYU, he was nominated for the 1998 Eastman Excellence in Cinematography award. In 2001, he won an honorable mention from the

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in the "Heritage Award" category.

Career

He currently lives and works in

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, shooting features and music videos, including work for artists such as

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(

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) or

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( Spaceman). In 2004 he was named one of

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's "25 New Faces of Indie Film"and was included as one of ''

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's'' "Ten Cinematographers to Watch." Recently, he was invited to join the

. On September 20, 2020, at the

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, he was announced as the winner of that year's Emmy for

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for his work directing “

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”, an episode of that year's Outstanding Drama Series winner, ''

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''. More recently, he signed a deal with HBO.

Filmography

Director

Short film * ''Mertvi pivni'' (2002) * ''Zimove vesilya'' (2004) Television

Cinematographer

Film

Television

TV series Miniseries

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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www.andrijparekh.com
Official Website 1971 births American cinematographers American people of Gujarati descent American people of Ukrainian descent Living people Tisch School of the Arts alumni Carleton College alumni {{US-cinematographer-stub