Jiří Macháně

Jiří Macháně (27 December 1940 – 20 January 2023) was a Czech cinematographer.

Born in Nové Město nad Metují, Macháně graduated in cinematography at FAMU in 1964 and started working as a cameraman with the Czechoslovak Army Film production company.

[1] He made his debut as a cinematographer in 1969, in Jan Schmidt's Czech-Soviet co-production The Lanfier Colony.

[1][2] Macháně's filmography consists of over 50 films and a number of television series.

[1] In 2015, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Association of Czech Cinematographers.