Jiří Macháně (27 December 1940 – 20 January 2023) was a Czech cinematographer.
Life and career
Born in
Nové Město nad Metují
Nové Město nad Metují (; ) is a town in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,200 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#M ...
, Macháně graduated in cinematography at
FAMU in 1964 and started working as a cameraman with the Czechoslovak Army Film production company.
He made his debut as a cinematographer in 1969, in
Jan Schmidt's Czech-Soviet co-production ''
The Lanfier Colony''.
Macháně's filmography consists of over 50 films and a number of television series.
He is best known for his association with director
Juraj Herz
Juraj Herz (4 September 1934 – 8 April 2018) was a Slovak film director, actor, and scene designer, associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement of the 1960s. He is best known for his 1969 horror/black comedy '' The Cremator'', often ci ...
, with whom he worked in 15 films.
His last work was the mystery-horror film ''T.M.A.'', released in 2009.
In 2015, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Association of Czech Cinematographers.
He died on 20 January 2023, at the age of 82.
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1940 births
2023 deaths
Czech cinematographers
People from Nové Město nad Metují
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni