Mihai Malaimare Jr.

Mihai Malaimare Jr.

Birth : 1975-01-01, Bucharest, Romania

History

Mihai Malaimare Jr. is a Romanian cinematographer. He began his film career after attending the prestigious National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest. He shot a handful of award-winning shorts and feature films in Romania before auditioning with Francis Ford Coppola to shoot his film Youth without Youth. At the age of 29, Malaimare won the coveted role of Cinematographer for that film and went on to receive a Best Cinematography Nomination at the Independent Spirit Awards for his work. That film put him on the map in the United States and shortly thereafter he was named to Variety's prestigious "10 Cinematographers to Watch" in 2007.

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Mihai Malaimare Jr.
Mihai Malaimare Jr.

Movies

The Harder They Fall
Director of Photography
Gunning for revenge, outlaw Nat Love saddles up with his gang to take down enemy Rufus Buck, a ruthless crime boss who just got sprung from prison.
Love is Love is Love
Director of Photography
Three sto­ries that explore love, com­mit­ment, and loy­al­ty between cou­ples and friends. "Two for Din­ner" where a mar­ried cou­ple tem­porar­i­ly liv­ing in two dif­fer­ent loca­tions are more sep­a­rat­ed than they think. "Sail­ing Les­son" about a long-mar­ried cou­ple who spend a day on a sail­boat rekin­dling their romance… and unex­pect­ed events arise. "Late Lunch" where a young woman who recent­ly lost her moth­er gath­ers togeth­er a group of her moth­er’s friends to share mem­o­ries, with sur­pris­ing rev­e­la­tions.
Jojo Rabbit
Director of Photography
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.
The Hate U Give
Director of Photography
Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her truth.
Delirium
Director of Photography
A man recently released from a mental institute inherits a mansion after his parents die. After a series of disturbing events, he comes to believe it is haunted.
November Criminals
Director of Photography
When Addison investigates the murder of his friend Kevin with the help of Phoebe, they discover that the truth is darker than they had ever imagined.
Sleepless
Director of Photography
Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs, who has got a lot of enemies, is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters get T, Downs’ teenage son. In one sleepless night, he will have to rescue his son T (whom they got), evade an internal affairs investigation and bring the kidnappers to justice.
The Family Whistle
Camera Operator
The famed Coppola family of filmmakers and musicians descends from Agostino Coppola, a poor immigrant from an impoverished village in Southern Italy. Interviews and archival footage portray how the family history has inspired these artists, and how they continue to renew their ties to the land of their origin.
Nina
Director of Photography
The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.
Hitchcock/Truffaut
Director of Photography
Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and published in 1966.
Distant Vision
Cinematography
A coming-of-age story about a teenage Italian-American boy and girl. - From IMDB
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Director of Photography
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
+1
Director of Photography
Three college friends hit the biggest party of the year, where a mysterious phenomenon disrupts the night, quickly descending into a chaos that challenges their friendships - and whether they can stay alive.
Little Red Wagon
Director of Photography
With nothing more than a blazing spirit of philanthropy and his beat-up red wagon, Zach sets out to help homeless children in America. In the process, he sweeps his fractured family - and ultimately the entire country - along with him.
The Time Being
Director of Photography
A struggling young artist accepts a series of bizarre commissions from an eccentric, dying millionaire who may be trying to either help further his career or destroy his life.
The Master
Director of Photography
Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.
Twixt
Director of Photography
A declining writer arrives in a small town where he gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl.
Tetro
Director of Photography
Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's discovery of his brother's near-finished play might hold the answer to understanding their shared past and renewing their bond.
Youth Without Youth
Director of Photography
A love story wrapped in a mystery. Set in Europe before WWII, professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a week, attracting the world and the Nazis. While on the run, the professor meets a young woman who has her own experience with a lightning storm. Not only does Dominic find love again, but her new abilities hold the key to his research.
Păcală se întoarce
Director of Photography
The Lotos
Director of Photography
The Crazy Stranger
Still Photographer
A man is looking for a singer he had heard on cassette. He finds much more.
Megalopolis
Director of Photography
An architect wants to rebuild New York City as a utopia following a devastating disaster.