Cinematographer's Biography

While in Prague, he received  the Chancellor’s Award, for outstanding results in
Cinematography, and he was a first recipient of  “Jaroslav Kucera’s Award,” given by the
Czech Cinematographers’ Society for cinematography on his Thesis film “Truth is Like Pure
Water.”

In 1991 Suki came to Los Angeles, as a guest of the
UCLA Film School  where he was
involved in lecturing and conducting  workshops with students.

Since his first feature film shoot in 1994, Suki has been steadily working in film industry
making over 15 feature length feature films, numerous commercials and documentaries.

During his career, Suki has worked with Hollywood legends such as Lauren Bacall, Janet
Leigh, Burt Reynolds, and Pat Hingle, as well as Alyssa Milano, Tom Hanks, Billy Crystal,
Keith Carradine, and many others.

In his work Suki is always exploring cutting edge technology ranging from 3D, 70mm and
High Definition on a large variety of locations including China, Taiwan, the Philippines,
Guatemala, and Southeast and Central Europe.

Still photography has always had a special place for Suki.
In the summer of 2001, he had his first solo exhibit in Los Angeles, titled
"From The Old
World ”.
It represented a return to the images of Prague, where Suki spent 5 years as a student.

Suki is currently living and working in Los Angeles.


Suki Medencevic was born in Derventa, Bosnia.

While in high-school Suki became interested in the field of still
photography, but his involvement in film really started  when he
was accepted at The National Film School for Dramatic Arts
,
FDU  Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Suki continued his education at The National Film School,
FAMU, Prague, Czech Republic, where he earned his masters
degree with honors in cinematography.