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CINEMATOGRAPHER · BORN 1978 · DENMARK

Charlotte Bruus Christensen

Naturalistic light attentive to the female gaze.

Born
1978
Country
Denmark
Field
Cinematographer

KNOWN FOR

  1. 2012The Hunt
  2. 2015Far from the Madding Crowd
  3. 2018A Quiet Place

WHY THEY MATTER

Vulcan Award and Bodil Award for The Hunt; Sue Gibson Award from the NFTS (2017); WIFTS Cinematography Award (2015).

THE LIFE

Christensen studied at the European Film College in Ebeltoft and earned a master's in cinematography at the National Film and Television School in the UK in 2004. She shot Thomas Vinterberg's Submarino, The Hunt and Far from the Madding Crowd. The Hunt, shot on an Arri Alexa, won her a Vulcan Award and the Bodil Award. She later shot John Krasinski's A Quiet Place.

WHAT THEY SHOT WITH

Arri Alexa

Source: Wikipedia

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