Ján Meliš

(*1980, Bratislava, Slovakia)

Studied photography at the Higher Art and Crafts School in Bratislava (SUPŠ). As a student of cinematography enjoyed one-year internship at the Film Academy of Music Arts, Prague (FAMU) and graduated from the Academy of Music Arts, Bratislava (VŠMU) in Cinematography. Works mainly as a director of photography of documentary films, commercials and music videos.

Documentary films:
2008:
The Journey of Magdaléna Robinsonová
documentary about significant Slovak photographer
(dir. Marek Šulík)

Border
feature documentary film about 40 years in slovak-ukrainian borders
(d. Jaro Vojtek)

2007:
Legia patria nostra
documentary about Czech volunteers serving in the French Foreign Legion.
(d. Lucie Králová)

2006:
Lost Holiday
creative documentary about searching for six Asian tourists according their 756 lost photos,
(d. Lucie Králová)

2004:
Border
documentary film, 2004, 2nd camera
(d. Peter Kerekes)

2002:
The True Story of Juro Jánošík
Making of… (d. Agnieszka Holand) (project not terminated)
prod. Rudolf Biermann

Záchranári
Making of… (d. Vladimír Michálek)

2001:
Čačipen
Truth – Policeman Project of documentary short films (d. Marián Blecha)

2000:
Documentary film about situation in post-war Kosovo
(d. Juraj Johanides)

Feature films:
2007:
Mesto tienov
(d. R. Sveda, P. Bebjak)
TV - series for TV Markiza – 2nd unite

T-shirt, short film
(d.Martin Fazeli)

Eden
(d. Jiří Chlumský)
TV series for Czech TV, 2nd camera,

2006-2007:
Místo v živote
(d.Jiří Chlumský)
TV series Czech rep., 2nd camera

2003:
Okno, short film
(d. Karel Coma)

2003:
Supperman, feature film
(d. Albert Vlk)

Workshops and seminars
2003
Workshop for Directors of Photography, Lithuania

2002:
Photo Workshop
Arles, France

2001:
Workshop for Cinematographers
Budapest, Hungary

(supervisors: László Kovacs, Vilmos Zsigmund)


1998:
Photo Workshop Cultural Heritage Pula 98

Festivals and awards
Dandelion Award
for best documentary film - Banja Luka International Film Festival,
film Lost Holiday

2007:
Award for best documentary film
42nd KVIFF Karlovy Vary
film Lost Holiday

2002:
film Chat
Student Film Festival Munich, Germany

2000:
Best Camera
Student Film Festival Áčko