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Dan Laustsen (b. 1954)

Birthplace:
Aalborg, Denmark

Born:
June 15, 1954

Biography from TheMovieDB

Dan Laustsen, ASC, DFF (born 15 June 1954) is a Danish cinematographer. He is a member of the Danish Society of Cinematographers and the American Society of Cinematographers. His career spans four decades, and he has been nominated for and won many prestigious awards, chiefly the Robert Awards. Laustsen has repeatedly collaborated with the Danish director Ole Bornedal on films such as Nightwatch and Just Another Love Story, and internationally with Guillermo del Toro, notably on the films such as Mimic, Crimson Peak, The Shape of Water, and Nightmare Alley (the latter two for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography), and with Chad Stahelski for the second, third and fourth films in the John Wick film series. Laustsen is also known for his work on the films Silent Hill and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, where the visual side of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was hailed as a "visual treat" in Variety.

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Film Production

Camera Operator:
2012  Zaytoun

Cinematography:
2000  Beyond
2012  Zaytoun

Director of Photography:
1979  Skal vi danse først?
1981  Har du set Alice?
1981  Rubber Tarzan
1983  Otto Is a Rhino
1988  Emma's Shadow
1988  Shower of Gold
1991  Giselle
1994  Nightwatch
1995  Carmen & Babyface
1997  Mimic
1997  Nightwatch
1999  Running Free
2000  Beyond
2001  Brotherhood of the Wolf
2002  I Am Dina
2003  Darkness Falls
2003  The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2005  Nomad: The Warrior
2006  Silent Hill
2007  Just Another Love Story
2007  The Substitute
2007  Wind Chill
2009  Deliver Us from Evil
2009  Headhunter
2009  Solomon Kane
2011  Simon & the Oaks
2012  Almost Perfect
2012  The Possession
2012  Zaytoun
2013  Wallander 32 - The Sad Bird
2014  1864: Brødre i krig
2015  Crimson Peak
2016  The Lion Woman
2017  John Wick: Chapter 2
2017  Small Town Killers
2017  The Shape of Water
2018  Proud Mary
2019  John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2021  Nightmare Alley
2023  John Wick: Chapter 4
2023  The Color Purple
2025  The Gorge
????  Frankenstein

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Cinematography:
1996  Charlot og Charlotte

Director of Photography:
1996  Charlot og Charlotte
2005  Wallander
2014  1864

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