Jeff Preiss

Jeff Preiss

Biography

Jeff Preiss is a New York-based filmmaker and well-known figure in the world of experimental cinema, his work picked up for the permanent collections of NYC's MoMA, LA's MOCA, and Madrid's Reina Sofía art museum. He is a highly regarded DOP who cooperated with photographer Bruce Weber on a series of short movies and two feature-length documentaries, of which Let's Get Lost took the Critics' Award at Venice and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary. Preiss has created music videos for Iggy Pop, Malcolm McLaren, R.E.M., Mariah Carey, and commercials for Apple, and Nike. In 1995 he and Mindy Goldberg founded Epoch Films productions. He cofounded New York's Orchard Gallery in 2005 and currently serves on the board of Light Industry, a Brooklyn multimedia venue focusing on film and electronic art.

MFF Karlovy Vary

Director

Movies
2014

Low Down

Music videos
1991

Mariah Carey: Emotions

 

R.E.M.: Near Wild Heaven

Video compilation
1999

Mariah #1's

1991

R.E.M.: This Film Is On

Cinematographer

Movies
1984

Biß, Der

Documentaries
2010

New York Memories

1989

Survival in New York

1988

Let's Get Lost