About Milco Mancevski Milčo Mančevski (Macedonian: Милчо Манчевски, ˈmiltʃɔ ˈmantʃɛfski) (born 18 October 1959 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia), usually credited as Milcho Manchevski, is a Macedonian film director and screenwriter. He studied at the Faculty of Philosophy at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje (Archaeology and Art History) and graduated at the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts at the Southern Illinois University (Department of Cinema and Photography). Mančevski has wrote and directed the feature films Before the Rain (1994), Dust (2001) and Shadows (2007) and over 50 short forms (experimental films, documentaries, commercials and music videos). He has published fiction, essays and op-ed pieces in New American Writing, La Repubblica, Corriere Della Sera, Sineast, The Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, etc. He authored a small book of fiction titled The Ghost of My Mother and a book of photographs Street shown in Macedonia (1999), Sweden (1999), Croatia (2000), Italy (2000), Greece (2001), France (2001), Slovenia (2006). He has lectured at a number of universities, cinematheques, art museums and art institutes all over the world. Mančevski currently resides in New York City where he teaches directing at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts (Graduate Film program).