Mihai Malaimare JR., a native of Romania, 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. Malaimare won the coveted role of Cinematographer for that film (at the age of 29) 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.
Since then, Malaimare has shot two more films for Coppola, including Tetro and Twixt, starring Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Ben Chaplin and Elle Fanning. Malaimare completed working as the cinematographer for Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights) on his film The Master, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams. He also shot the prestigious MTV Video Music Awards campaign, featuring music artists like Eminem, Drake, Kesha and Nikki Minaj. He is also an avid still photographer. Maliamare's short films include: Sunset directed by Oana Marian, Canton directed by Constantin Popescu, The Apartment directed by Constantin Popescu, and 18:36 directed by Ionut Giurgiuca, He also was the cinematographer and director of the documentaries Photo Caravan (co-directed with Corina Stavila, and Moliere in Cartier.
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