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Apostol Trpeski is a Macedonian

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

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...

Biography

Born on September 6, 1948 in Tetovo

Tetovo

Tetovo is a city in the northwestern part of Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena River.The city covers an area of at above sea level, with a population of 86,580 citizens in the municipality. Tetovo is home to the State University of Tetovo and South East...

, SFR Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...

(today Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

). Graduated at the Academy for theater, film and television art – Cinematography Department

Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb

The Academy of Dramatic Art is a Croatian drama and film school. It is one of the three art academies affiliated with the University of Zagreb, along with the Academy of Fine Arts and Academy of Music...

, the University of Zagreb

University of Zagreb

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, Croatia

Croatia

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Career background

From 1971 until 1992 he worked at the Macedonian National Television as Cinematographer and Director of Photography. He shot many series and TV shows of different genres, about hundred reportages, many documentary films and TV movies and about hundred more music shows, series, music and commercial videos, using all kinds of technologies.

Since 1992 to present he has been working as professor and Head of the Film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

and TV Camera Department at University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius"- Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Skopje

Skopje

Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...

. He was vice-dean of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts for ten years.

He is member of the Macedonian Film Professionals Association and member of the Council of the International Cinematographers Film Festival "Manaki brothers". He was member of the Senate

Senate

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of the University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius" and of the Broadcasting

Broadcasting

Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...

Council of the Republic of Macedonia.

He is author of the books Film and TV camera, book 1 - basis of the cinematography techniques (2000) and Film and TV camera, book 2 - on the light, lighting and color (in print).

He was awarded many prizes for his work.

Films

1984: "Didn't I tell you" („Нели ти реков“)as Focus pooler

1993: "Wonderful world", part of the first Macedonian omnibus "Light gray" („Светло сиво“) as Director of Photography

1997: Gypsy Magic
Gypsy Magic
Gypsy Magic is a 1997 Macedonian film directed by Stole Popov. It was Macedonia's submission to the 70th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.-Plot:...

as Director of Photography

2001: Documentary film "Holly Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom" as cinematographer

2002: “Heart of the Stone” („Каменот тежи на своето место“) as DoP

2002: “Slander” („Клевета“) as DoP

2003: “A Step ahead the time” (“Чекор пред времето”) as DoP

2003: “When the master of language” (“Кај мајсторот јазичар”) as DoP

2004: “Under” as DoP

2006: “Navi” as DoP

2007: “Temptation” („Искушение“) as DoP

2009: “Delirium” („Бунило“) as DoP

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