Harun Mehmedinović

Harun Mehmedinović is a Bosnian American director, screenwriter, photographer, professor and author.^[1] He is a graduate of UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and American Film Institute. 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.^[2]

Mehmedinović is a photography contributor to Vogue Italia,^[3] BBC Earth,^[4] and has spoken at TED about his photography work.^[5] He has contributed timelapse videos for use in events, most notably by The Rolling Stones for their song "Moonlight Mile" during the ZIP CODE tour in 2015. ^[6]

Mehmedinovic wrote his first book, "Seance," in 2013, with a foreword by Aleksandar Hemon. In 2015, his second book "Persona," was released.

In 2015, Mehmedinovic and frequent photography partner Gavin Heffernan collaborated on SKYGLOW,^[7] a crowdfunded book and Blu Ray set to tackle the rising danger and damage of urban light pollution. The fundraising campaign generated a tremendous amount of publicity ^[8] and ended on May 9, 2015 as the fourth most successful Kickstarter campaign in the Photobooks category.^[9] On December 5, 2015, Gavin and Harun gave a sold out talk at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles, and previewed photos and video from their journeys.^[10] SKYGLOW is expected to release Summer 2016.

He teaches photography and film at Northern Arizona University.^[11]

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