Valentin Perko

(Director of photography)

Valentin Perko graduated in cinematography from Film Academy in Prague (FAMU). He has shot commercials, worked on television and as a director of photography on numerous feature films. Apart from that he also shot many student films for students of Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television.

Filmography – (feature films):

• Transgression (orig. title Prestop) (1980)
• Apprenticeship of the Inventor Polž (orig. title Učna leta izumitelja Polža) (1982)
• What a Sun (orig. title Nobeno sonce) (1984)
• A Breath of Air (orig. title Dih) (1983)
• Sun for Two (orig. title Sonce za dva) (1986)
• Maya and the Starboy (orig. title Maja in vesoljček) (1988)
• Sophie The Witch (orig. title Coprnica Zofka) (1988)
• The Jailers (orig. title Ječarji) (1990)
• Triangle (orig. title Triangel) (1991)
• Morana (orig. title Morana) (1993)
• Express, express (orig. title Ekspres, ekspres) (1995)
• Herzog (orig. title Herzog) (1995)
• The Rift (orig. title Brezno) (1998)
• What now, Luka (orig. title Nepopisan list) (2000)

Filmography (television films):

• Parallels (orig. title Paralele) (1987)
• Village Teacher (orig. title Vaški učitelj) (1993)
• Five Days in May (orig. title Pet majskih dni) (1997)
• Column (orig. title Steber) (1997)
• New World (orig. title Novi svet) TV series, 5 parts (2003)

Awards:

A week of Slovenian film in Celje: Metod Badjura Award for cinematography:

• Feature film Transgression (orig. title Prestop)
• Feature film Maya and the Starboy (orig. title Maja in Vesoljček)
• Feature film The Jailers (orig. title Ječarji)

Slovenian Film Festival Portorož: Award for cinematography:

• Feature film Triangle (orig. title Triangel)
• Feature film Morana (orig. title Morana) (together with the Kodak Award)
• Feature film Herzog (orig. title Herzog) (together with the Kodak Award)
• Feature film Express, express (orig. title Ekspres, ekspres)