Bojan Bazelli is a Montenegrin cinematographer and music video director born in Herceg Novi, Montenegro. His credits include the films The Ring, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and director Adam Shankman's Hairspray, as well as Mariah Carey's music video "Vision of Love". Other feature credits include The Rapture, Deep Cover, King of New York, Kalifornia, and Dangerous Beauty.Bazelli studied at Famu Film School in Prague. Impressed with one of Bazelli’s student films, director Abel Ferrara hired Bazelli to shoot China Girl in New York City. He subsequently filmed King of New York and Body Snatchers with Ferrara as well.Bazelli received an Independent Spirit Awards in 1990 for his work on King of New York. He was honored for Best Cinematography in both 1996 and 1998 at the American Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), one of the few cinematographers to have received this honor twice. Bazelli also received a Gold Clio for Best Cinematography in 1998, and the film Kalifornia was awarded Best Cinematography at the Montreal Film Festival.
Graduated from the Film and TV School (FAMU) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 1985.
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Is one of very few contemporary cinematographers to have always been a cinematographer, having never climbed the ranks through the camera, lighting or other departments. He was hired straight out of film school by director Abel Ferrara to shoot the feature China Girl (1987).
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Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 2007.
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Cure for Wellness
2017
completed
Spectral
2017
completed
Pete's Dragon
2016
director of photography
The Lone Ranger
2013
director of photography
Rock of Ages
2012
director of photography
Burlesque
2010/I
director of photography
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010
director of photography
G-Force
2009
director of photography
Hairspray
2007
director of photography
3 lbs.
2006
TV Series 1 episode
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
director of photography
The Ring
2002
director of photography
For the Love of May
2000
Short
Dangerous Beauty
1998
director of photography
Surviving the Game
1994
director of photography
Sugar Hill
1993
director of photography - as Bojan Bazeli
Kalifornia
1993
director of photography
Body Snatchers
1993
director of photography
Boxing Helena
1993
The Fear Inside
1992
TV Movie
Deep Cover
1992
director of photography
The Last Prostitute
1991
TV Movie
The Rapture
1991
Fever
1991
TV Movie
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
1990
TV Movie
A Gnome Named Gnorm
1990
Curiosity Kills
1990
TV Movie
King of New York
1990
director of photography
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
1989
TV Movie director of photography
Big Man on Campus
1989
The Comeback
1989
TV Movie
Pumpkinhead
1988
Patty Hearst
1988
Tapeheads
1988
as Bojan Bazeli
China Girl
1987
director of photography
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
director of photography: additional photography post-production
A Gnome Named Gnorm
1990
camera operator
King of New York
1990
camera operator
Big Man on Campus
1989
camera operator
Pumpkinhead
1988
camera operator
Patty Hearst
1988
camera operator
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Rapture
1991
uncredited
Tapeheads
1988
uncredited
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Burlesque
2010/I
associate producer
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1994
Jury Prize
Montréal International Festival of Films on Art
Cinematography
Kalifornia (1993)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1991
Independent Spirit Award
Independent Spirit Awards
Best Cinematography
King of New York (1990)
Known for movies
The Lone Ranger (2013) as Cinematographer
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) as Cinematographer
The Ring (2002) as Cinematographer
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) as Cinematographer
$2 Million
