The New York Times included Milcho Manchevski’s film Before the Rain on its list of the best 1,000 films ever made and Rolling Stone put his music video Tennessee on its list of best 100 videos ever.
Manchevski has directed seven features (Before the Rain, Dust, Shadows, Mothers, Bikini Moon, Willow and Kaymak), 50 short forms, and an episode of The Wire, winning over 60 international awards (Golden Lion in Venice, Independent Spirit, FIPRESCI, an Academy Award nomination, Best Director at Raindance, Best Film at Cinequest, FEDEORA, Silver Palm in Valencia, film of the year in several countries and awards for experimental film, MTV, commercial, etc).
His films are part of the curricula at scores of universities. He lives in New York and Macedonia, where he writes fiction and essays, takes photographs, creates art and teaches.