Rudolf Costin is a director of photography currently available for short/long form narrative/documentary work. Get in touch.
FILMOGRAPHY
2018 Director of Photography, Hurray for the Riff Raff — Pa'lante directed by Kristian Mercado
Vimeo Video of the Month [May 2018]
Apple Music exclusive, featured on NPR, Pitchfork, NowThis, among others
since 2017 Director of Photography, The New York Times #SpeakingInDance column
2017 Director of Photography, surfalone: Siren directed by Akos Papp
2017 Director of Photography, God in Chicago - Craig Finn, directed by Kris Merc
2018 Webby Awards Music Video Honoree
Vimeo Video of the Year #2
Official Selection at New York City Independent Film Festival
Award of Merit: Music Video IndieFEST
Award of Excellence One-Reeler Short Film Competition
Official Selection At Cleveland International Film Festival
Official Selection at Chicago Independent Film (+TV) Festival
Official Selection at Barebones International Film & Music Festival
2017 Director of Photography, Andreja Pejic for Glamour Magazine directed by Kris Merc
2017 Director of Photography, surfalone: Soul Machine directed by Akos Papp
2017 Director of Photography, HVRMINN directed by AnRong Xu
2017 Director of Photography, The distance between me and me [currently in post production]
directed by Mona Nicoara
Film and gallery installation project on creative freedom, memory and power, co-produced with HiFilm Romania (winners of the 2013 Berlinale for Child's Pose) and HBO Central Europe, with support from EU Media, New York, NY, USA
2016 Director of Photography for Nene Humphrey, an art documentary [currently in post-production]
Brooklyn, NY, USA
2015 Director, Director of Photography, Wash & Dry / 18min
Screened at Victoria Cinema, Romania
2015 Director of Photography, music videos for Computer Magic, LuLuc, Day Wave, produced by Able Baker / We are Walker, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2015 Co-director of Photography, L'Europe des ecrivains / Romania, as seen by N. Manea, G. Adamesteanu, M. Cartarescu, F. Lazarescu / 52min
directed by Alexandru Solomon
Screenings:
Astra International Film Festival 2015, Sibiu, Romania
Arte Chanel, France (more than 40 million viewers per month)
New York, NY, USA
2014 Director of Photography, A LOGO FOR AMERICA by Alfredo Jaar, documenting the installation of the artist’s work in Times Square, New York City. Commissioned by the Times Square Alliance and the Guggenheim Museum
August 1 - August 31
New York, NY, USA
2014 Director of Photography, Music (Everything I Know I Learned the Day My Son Was Born) by Alfredo Jaar, a short film with the installation of the artist’s work at the Nasher Sculpture Center Dallas, TX, USA
2014 Director of Photography, FIVE MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT by Alfredo Jaar, part of the group exhibition “Install Hope”
Feb 3 - March 31 Göteborg, Sweden
2013 Director of Photography, 100 portraits filmed for Portraits of Justice by Alfredo Jaar
Installation with twenty LCD monitors, aluminum panels, TV mirror glass panels, and videos at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York
2012 Second Camera, dupa FEL si CHIP / As you like it 22min
directed by Paula Onet
Official Selection in 32 International Film Festivals and winner of the following awards:
Short Film Corner, Festival de Cannes, 2013
Official documentary competition, Karlovy Vary IFF, 2013
Grand Prize for Short TV Films Directing, The Romanian Filmmakers Union
The “ION BOSTAN” Award for Directing Documentary
CineMAiubit International Student Film Festival
1st Prize, Documentary Film - FFEST International Student Film Festival
2011 Co-director, Director of Photography, Cele bune sa se adune, cele rele sa se spele / 15min
2010 Director, Director of Photography, O dada / 2min
Official selection at the following International Film Festivals:
Athens Video Art Festival 2011, Greece
Fundada Artists' Film Festival 2011, UK
Video Art Festival Miden 2011, Greece
WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING COURSES
2014 April - June | UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art, Brooklyn, NY Documentary Fundamentals Class
2011 October | Astra International Film Festival, Sibiu, Romania
Masterclass: Observational Documentary by Cristi Puiu Independent & Anthropological Documentary by Michael Yorke & Michael Stewart
2010 June | Romanian Society of Cinematographers, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Stop By, Shoot Film, workshop by Iosif Demian & Gábor Xantus
2009 July | Internship & training session at the Romanian National Television, TVR
EDUCATION
2008 - 2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinematography
School of Theater & Television, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
