Cameraman Jiří Machání died at the age of 82
CESKE NOVINY
1/21/2023
Prague - At the age of 82, cameraman Jiří Machání died on Friday. He has participated in the creation of more than 50 films, including Funeral Party, Day for My Love, The Virgin and the Monster, The Black Barons and The Shadow of the Vanished. His daughter Martina Macháňová informed the Czech News Agency about his death.
Machna's work also involved in series such as The Visitors, The Necklace and Commissioner Maigret. He has worked with Juraj Herz, František Vláčil, Karel Kachyňa, František Filip, Jan Němec and Jan Schmidt. He also worked for many years as a teacher at Prague's FAMU, where he significantly contributed to the formation of the Department of Cinematography.
In 2015, the Association of Czech Cinematographers awarded him the Lifetime Achievement Award. Machání considered his collaboration with Juraj Herz to be the most important part of his work. "We made about 15 movies together, if you add television. We also filmed in Germany or for the French," he told the Czech News Agency during the award ceremony in 2016. According to him, this director had a great vision, they didn't have to talk much and they understood each other. "I just understood his imagination – I hope he was happy too," he added.
MACHANI, Jirí
Born: 12/27/1940, Nové Mesto nad Metují,
Czechoslovakia
Died: 1/20/23. Prague, Czech Republic
Jiří Machání westerns – cinematographer:
The Claim at Deaf Creek – 1972
David Sandel’s Last Shot – 1972
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