Harun Mehmedinović

Harun Mehmedinović
Born	Harun Mehmedinović Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nationality	Bosnian American
Alma mater	UCLA American Film Institute
Occupation(s)	photographer cinematographer director writer
Years active	2003–present
Website	http://www.harunmehmedinovic.com

Harun Mehmedinović and Gavin Heffernan at SKYGLOWPROJECT.COM event at The Annenberg Photo Space in Los Angeles

Harun Mehmedinović is a Bosnian American director, screenwriter, photographer, cinematographer, and author. He is a graduate of UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and American Film Institute. He is the co-creator of the viral timelapse series SKYGLOW, cinematographer and co-producer of the Leonardo DiCaprio-produced documentary Ice on Fire for HBO,^[1] which premiered at Cannes Film Festival May 22, 2019.^[2] and cinematographer of IMAX Grand Canyon: Rivers of Time (2022). He is the cinematographer of the climate documentary Legion 44 (2024).

His film In the Name of the Son, premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and went on to win over thirty international awards including Shanghai Film Festival.^[3]

Career

Mehmedinović is a graduate of UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and American Film Institute. He wrote and directed In the Name of the Son, which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and went on to win over thirty international awards.^[4]

He is also a photographer and contributor to BBC Earth,^[5] National Geographic,^[6] Vogue Italia,^[7] and has spoken at TED about his photography work.^[8] His photograph of the cloud-inverted Grand Canyon was listed among the 2015 Best Travel Photos of the Year by National Geographic.^[9] In 2016, Mehmedinović was on the BBC Earth Instagram team that won Webby Award for "Best Photography and Graphics."^[10] His work has been featured by various media outlets, including The New York Times, Wired, Time, Sierra Club Magazine, Forbes, NPR, Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, Vice, and Washington Post, among others.^[11]

Mehmedinović has also contributed time-lapse videos for use in concerts and events, most notably by The Rolling Stones for their song Moonlight Mile during their Zip Code Tour in 2015 as well as for their songs Wild Horses and Angie for their Desert Trip appearance,^[12] Roger Waters for his song Breathe during the 2016 Desert Trip festival,^[13] Cosmic Gate for their music video for the single am2pm in 2016,^[14] Paul Simon's 2018 Homeward Bound Farewell Tour,^[15] and John Mayer's 2022 SOB ROCK Tour.^[16]

Mehmedinović is an author of three photography books: Seance, in 2013, with a foreword by Aleksandar Hemon, Persona in 2015, and SKYGLOW in 2017. Mehmedinovic collaborated with Gavin Heffernan on SKYGLOW,^[17] which was a crowdfunded book and Blu-Ray intended to tackle the rising danger and damage of urban light pollution. The fundraising campaign generated a tremendous amount of publicity^[18] and ended on May 9, 2015, as the fourth most successful Kickstarter campaign in the Photobooks category.^[19] SKYGLOW was featured by Science Channel's Outrageous Acts of Science,^[20] National Park Service as part of their official 2016 Centennial celebration video,^[21] and was released as a hardcover book and Blu-Ray series in April 2017.

In 2019, Mehmedinović competed work as a cinematographer on the Leonardo DiCaprio-produced Ice on Fire for HBO, which premiered to a standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival as part of the Official Selection.

Credits

Feature documentary films

• SKYGLOW (Upcoming) – Director/Editor/Co-Cinematographer^[22]
• LEGION 44 (2024) - Cinematographer ^[23]
• IMAX GRAND CANYON: RIVERS OF TIME (2022) – Co-Cinematographer^[24]
• ICE ON FIRE (2019) – Cinematographer/Co-Producer^[25]
• AKICITA (2018) – Co-Cinematographer^[26]

Skyglow

• WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY (2021) – Co-director/Cinematographer/Editor^[27]
• ANCESTRAL NIGHTS (2019) – Co-director/Cinematographer/Editor^[28]
• HAARP BOREALIS (2019) – Director/Cinematographer/Editor^[29]
• SKYGLOW NYC (2018) – Co-director/Cinematographer/Editor^[30]
• Colorado Serenade (2018) – Director/Cinematographer/Editor^[31]
• Kaibab Requiem (2017) – Director/Cinematographer/Editor^[32]
• Mojave Forsaken (2017) – Co-director/Cinematographer/Editor^[33]
• Stormhenge (2017) – Co-director/Cinematographer^[34]
• POLI'AHU (2017) – Co-director/Cinematographer^[35]
• Ft. Union Lullaby (2016) – Director/Cinematographer/Editor^[36]
• Hades Exhales (2016) – Director/Cinematographer/Editor^[37]
• Tortugas Rock (2016) – Director/Cinematographer/Editor^[38]
• Dishdance (2015) – Co-director/Cinematographer/Editor^[39]
• Promo (2015) – Co-director/Cinematographer^[40]
• YIKÁÍSDÁHÁ: "That Which Comes Before the Dawn" (2014) – Co-director/Cinematographer^[41]

BBC Earth

• Kaibab Elegy (2017) – Director/Cinematographer/Editor^[42]
• Sandstorm Alomogordo (2016) – Director/Cinematographer/Editor^[43]
• Amargosa Superbloom (2016) – Director/Cinematographer/Editor^[44]
• Mojave Blues (2016) – Director/Cinematographer/Editor^[45]
• Elkmont Symphony (2016) – Director/Cinematographer/Editor^[46]
• Shenandoah Reverie (2015) – Director/Cinematographer/Editor^[47]
• Melancholy Gorge (2015) – Director/Cinematographer/Editor^[48]
• Pinnacles (2015) – Co-director/Cinematographer^[49]
• Tempest Vermilion (2015) – Co-director/Cinematographer^[50]
• Wavelight (2014) – Co-director/Cinematographer^[51]

Concerts and Music Videos

• Cielo Hemon: Howdy, Hand of God! (2021) – Director/Cinematographer/Editor ^[52]
• Paul Simon: Homeward Bound Tour (2018) – Co-director/Cinematographer
• Cosmic Gate: AM2PM (2016) – Co-director/Cinematographer ^[53]
• Roger Waters: "Breathe" visuals for Desert Trip Indio and the 2016 Tour (2016) – Co-director/Cinematographer ^[54]
• The Rolling Stones: "Angie" visuals for Desert Trip Megaconcert – Co-director/Cinematographer ^[55]
• The Rolling Stones: "Wild Horses" visuals for Desert Trip Megaconcert – Co-director/Cinematographer ^[56]
• The Rolling Stones: "Moonlight Mile" visuals for ZIP CODE Tour (2015) – Co-director/Cinematographer

Short Fiction Films

• In the Name of the Son (2007) – Writer/Director

References

1. "Ice on Fire (2018) — Bloodhoney* by Harun Mehmedinović". www.bloodhoney.com. Archived from the original on August 4, 2018.
2. "The 2019 Selection: New announcements!". May 2, 2019.
3. Los Angeles Times: War's lessons unfold in Harun Mehmedinovic's 'Bloodhoney' project
4. Los Angeles Times: War's lessons unfold in Harun Mehmedinovic's 'Bloodhoney' project
5. Spectacular new desert time-lapse
6. Society, National Geographic. "Grand Canyon Clouds – National Geographic Travel Daily Photo". National Geographic. Archived from the original on March 9, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
7. Vogue Italia June 2012 Edition
8. Harun Mehmedinovic: "Living in the Present" TED talk
9. Society, National Geographic. "Daily Travel Photo: Most Popular Pictures of 2015 – National Geographic". National Geographic. Archived from the original on December 24, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
10. "BBC Earth Instagram Account | The Webby Awards". webbyawards.com. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
11. "PRESS". SKYGLOW. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
12. "Moonlight Mile" Performance by Mick Jagger & The Rolling Stones
13. "Breathe" performed by Pink Floyd's Roger Waters
14. "AM2PM" by Cosmic Gate
15. Paul Simon HOMEWARD BOUND Farewell Tour 2018
16. John Mayer's 2022 SOB ROCK Tour
17. SKYGLOW Official Site
18. LA WEEKLY – Two Guys Want to Win Back the Starry Skies Above L.A.
19. Most Funded Kickstarter Photobook Campaigns
20. Outrageous Acts of Science S06E05 "Punked"
21. Official NPS 100 years video"
22. "SKYGLOW".
23. "LEGION 44".
24. "IMAX Grand Canyon: Rivers of Time (2022)".
25. "ICE ON FIRE". IMDb.
26. "AKICITA".
27. "WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY".
28. "ANCESTRAL NIGHTS".
29. "HAARP BOREALIS".
30. "SKYGLOW NYC".
31. "Colorado Serenade".
32. "Kaibab Requiem".
33. "Mojave Forsaken". October 27, 2017.
34. "Stormhenge". August 25, 2017.
35. "POLI'AHU". April 15, 2017.
36. "Ft. Union Lullaby". Bloodhoney* by Harun Mehmedinović. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
37. "Hades Exhales". Bloodhoney* by Harun Mehmedinović. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
38. "Tortugas". Bloodhoney* by Harun Mehmedinović. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
39. "SKYGLOW: DISHDANCE". November 30, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2016 – via Vimeo.
40. "SKYGLOW". April 15, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2016 – via Vimeo.
41. "YIKÁÍSDÁHÁ". May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 25, 2016 – via Vimeo.
42. Mehmedinović, Harun. "When the Grand Canyon Transforms". BBC.
43. Mehmedinović, Harun. "The beautiful white sand dunes that should not exist". BBC. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
44. Mehmedinović, Harun. "When Death Valley magically comes back to life". BBC. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
45. Mehmedinović, Harun. "Experience the lonely sky over a legendary desert highway". BBC. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
46. Mehmedinović, Harun. "The world's largest gathering of synchronized fireflies". BBC. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
47. Mehmedinović, Harun. "A rare glimpse of the Milky Way over the Shenandoah Valley". BBC. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
48. Mehmedinović, Harun. "See an entire valley change colour in this lovely timelapse". BBC. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
49. Mehmedinović, Gavin Heffernan and Harun. "Epic time-lapse of honey moon". BBC. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
50. Mehmedinović, Gavin Heffernan and Harun. "Amazing time-lapse film of national treasure". BBC. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
51. Mehmedinović, Gavin Heffernan and Harun. "Spectacular new desert time-lapse". BBC. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
52. Cielo Hemon: Howdy, Hand of God! (2021) (Official Music Video), November 15, 2021
53. Black Hole Recordings (March 15, 2016), Cosmic Gate – am2pm (Official Music Video), retrieved May 25, 2016
54. "Breathe". Bloodhoney* by Harun Mehmedinović. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
55. "Angie". Bloodhoney* by Harun Mehmedinović. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
56. "Wild Horses". Bloodhoney* by Harun Mehmedinović. Retrieved May 25, 2016.