Boris Gortinski
(Director of Photography)

Born in Belgrade. He was educated in Serbia, USA, Poland. His first feature film “Live Broadcast”,
directed by Darko Bajic, was awarded on many domestic and International Film Festivals. His work
on the feature film “The Forgotten Ones”, directed by Darko Bajic, won him highest cinematography
awards: "Golden arena" and "Milton Manaki". Feature project “Better than Escape”, directed by
Miroslav Lekic, was awarded the Grand Prix award, at the Herceg Novi Film Festival. He also
completed two twelve-hour miniseries, “ Sivi Dom” and “Zaboravljeni”, directed by Darko Bajic,
considered to be among the best ever made in the former Yugoslavia.

From 1991. he lives in Los Angeles (USA), were he completed three feature films. One of them,
"Prisoner of Time", directed by Mark Levinson, was in the official competition on the IFF, at
Moscow and Palm Springs.
In 2005, for “Take a Deep Breath”, directed by Dragan Marinkovic, he won “Gold Remi Award”,
for best cinematography, at the 38th Houston World-Fest, International Film festival.

“On the Beautiful Blue Danube” is his tenth feature film as Director of Photography.