Amir Mokri
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Amir M. Mokri is an Iranian cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...

.

Mokri was born in Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 and emigrated to the United States
United States
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 in 1977. He graduated from Emerson College
Emerson College
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 and the American Film Institute
American Film Institute
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.

Filmography

  • A Hero of Our Time (1985)
  • All You Can Dream (1986)
  • House of the Rising Sun
    House of the Rising Sun (film)
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    (1987)
  • Slam Dance
    Slam Dance (film)
    Slam Dance is a 1987 thriller directed by Wayne Wang and starring Virginia Madsen, Tom Hulce, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:A married cartoonist named C.C...

    (1987)
  • Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989)
  • Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
    Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
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    (1989)
  • Blue Steel
    Blue Steel (1990 film)
    Blue Steel is a 1990 action thriller film, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver and Clancy Brown.-Plot:Megan Turner is a rookie New York City policewoman who shoots and kills a suspect with her police-issue .38 Special Smith & Wesson Model 10 revolver while he's...

    (1990)
  • Pacific Heights (1990)
  • Queens Logic
    Queens Logic
    Queens Logic is a 1991 comedy from Seven Arts Pictures starring Kevin Bacon, Linda Fiorentino, Joe Mantegna, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Malkovich, Ken Olin, Chloe Webb and Tom Waits...

    (1991)
  • Whore
    Whore (1991 film)
    Whore is a 1991 film by British director and screenwriter Ken Russell, starring actress Theresa Russell. While not a financial success grossing only $1,008,404, the film did attract some positive notices, and generated an unrelated sequel.-Plot summary:...

    (1991)
  • Freejack
    Freejack
    Freejack is a 1992 science fiction film directed by Geoff Murphy, starring Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo, Jonathan Banks, Grand L. Bush and Anthony Hopkins. Upon its release in the United States, the film received mostly negative reviews. The story was adapted from Immortality, Inc., a...

    (1992)
  • The Joy Luck Club
    The Joy Luck Club (film)
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    (1993)
  • Eye for an Eye (1996)
  • Coyote Ugly
    Coyote Ugly (film)
    Coyote Ugly is a 2000 romantic comedy/drama based on the actual Coyote Ugly Saloon, set in New York City. The film stars Piper Perabo and Adam Garcia...

    (2000)
  • Don't Say a Word
    Don't Say a Word
    Don't Say a Word is a 2001 psychological thriller film starring Michael Douglas, Brittany Murphy and Sean Bean based on the novel of the same title by Andrew Klavan...

    (2001)
  • The Salton Sea
    The Salton Sea
    The Salton Sea is a 2002 American neo-noir film starring Val Kilmer and Vincent D'Onofrio directed by D. J. Caruso.-Plot:While playing the trumpet in a burning room, the protagonist's voice is heard in narration. His story begins with him posing as "Danny Parker", a speed freak addicted to...

    (2002)
  • Bad Boys II
    Bad Boys II
    Bad Boys II is a 2003 action/comedy film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith. It is a sequel to the 1995 film Bad Boys. The film is about two police detectives investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami...

    (2003)
  • Taking Lives
    Taking Lives (film)
    Taking Lives is a 2004 psychological thriller film starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke. The film was marketed with the tagline "He would kill to be you."...

    (2004)
  • Lord of War
    Lord of War
    Lord of War is a 2005 French-German-American action drama film written and directed by Andrew Niccol and starring Nicolas Cage. It was released in the United States on September 16, 2005, with the DVD following on January 17, 2006 and the Blu-ray Disc on July 27, 2006.Cage plays an illegal arms...

    (2005)
  • National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
  • Vantage Point
    Vantage Point (film)
    Vantage Point is a 2008 American political action thriller film directed by Pete Travis. It was adapted from a screenplay written by Barry L. Levy. The story focuses on an assassination attempt on the President of the United States as seen from a different set of vantage points through the eyes of...

    (2008)
  • Fast & Furious (2009)
  • Season of the Witch (2011)
  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
  • Man of Steel (2013)

External links

  • Official Site: http://amirmokri.net/
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