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name: "Mihai Malaimare Jr."
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imdb_id: "nm1893246"
tmdb_id: 52981
wikidata_id: "Q250396"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-25T10:20:25.505071+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mihai Malaimare Jr.

## Identity

Mihai Malaimare Jr.

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mihai-malaimare-jr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mihai-malaimare-jr
- **IMDb ID:** nm1893246
- **TMDB ID:** 52981
- **Wikidata ID:** Q250396
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihai_M%C4%83laimare_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250396, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1893246/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52981

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1975 in Bucharest, Romania.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1975, Bucharest, Romania
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Also known as:** Mihai Mălaimare Jr.
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 86 (2), 2020s 54 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 64 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $125m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihai_M%C4%83laimare_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250396, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1893246/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52981

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Master*](https://film.one/film/the-master.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Mihai Mălaimare Jr. is a Romanian cinematographer. Born in Bucharest in 1975, he is the son of actor and former politician Mihai Mălaimare. He studied at the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest.

He has worked as director of photography on films including *Youth Without Youth* (2007), *Tetro* (2009), *Twixt* (2011) and *Megalopolis* (2024) for Francis Ford Coppola; *The Master* (2012) for Paul Thomas Anderson; *Jojo Rabbit* (2019) for Taika Waititi; and *The Harder They Fall* (2021). He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for *Youth Without Youth*. In 2023 he became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theasc.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Megalopolis* (2024), Fi1m 54, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/megalopolis.md)
- *Jojo Rabbit* (2019), Fi1m 88, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/jojo-rabbit.md)
- *The Master* (2012), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-master.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Megalopolis* (2024), Director of Photography — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/megalopolis.md)
- *Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty* (2022), series, Director of Photography
- *The Harder They Fall* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Love Is Love Is Love* (2021), Director of Photography
- *For Life* (2020), series, Director of Photography
- *Jojo Rabbit* (2019), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/jojo-rabbit.md)
- *The Hate U Give* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Delirium* (2018), Director of Photography
- *November Criminals* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Sleepless* (2017), Director of Photography
- *The Family Whistle* (2016), Camera Operator
- *Nina* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Hitchcock/Truffaut* (2015), Director of Photography
- *A Walk Among the Tombstones* (2014), Director of Photography
- *+1* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Little Red Wagon* (2012), Director of Photography
- *The Master* (2012), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-master.md)
- *The Time Being* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Twixt* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Tetro* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Youth Without Youth* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Păcală se întoarce* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Lotus* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Activitate psihică nedirijată* (1998), Assistant Director of Photography
- *The Crazy Stranger* (1998), Still Photographer

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