Biography

Bojan Bazelli, ASC (born 15 August 1957) is a Montenegrin cinematographer and director of film, commercials, and music videos. His credits include collaborations with filmmakers like Abel Ferrara, Gore Verbinski, Doug Liman, Paul Schrader, Adam Shankman, and Michael Bay. Bazelli studied at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Impressed with one of his student films, director Abel Ferrara hired Bazelli to shoot China Girl in New York City. He also filmed King of New York and Body Snatchers with Ferrara. Bazelli received an Independent Spirit Award in 1990 for his work on King of New York. He was honoured for Best Cinematography in 1996 and 1998 at the American Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), one of the few cinematographers to have received this honour twice. Bazelli also received a Clio Award for Best Cinematography in 1998, and the film Kalifornia was awarded Best Cinematography at the Montreal World Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bojan Bazelli, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.