Milcho Manchevski was born in Skopje, in 1959, he received a degree in film and photography from Southern Illinois University. His first feature film Pred Dozdot (Before The Rain) won the Golden Lion in Venice Film Festival in 1994. He has published stories and books of fiction, as well as two books of photographs. In addition to four feature films he has also direct-ed one episode of HBO`s The Wire, and has made around fifty shorts. He has lived in New York since 1985.