Charlotte Bruus Christensen

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Charlotte Bruus Christensen
Born (1978-03-20) 20 March 1978 (age 46)
Denmark
Alma mater National Film and Television School
Occupation Cinematographer
Website charlottebruus.com

Charlotte Bruus Christensen (born 20 March 1978) is a Danish cinematographer.

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Biography

Born in Denmark, Christensen earned a master's degree in cinematography from the National Film and Television School in the UK, in 2004. After film school she returned to Denmark [1] where she wrote, directed and shot the 2004 short film Between Us . She worked with director Thomas Vinterberg on his 2010 drama film Submarino . She was cinematographer for the Marc Evans' 2011 film Hunky Dory . She continued to work with Vinterberg in the 2012 film The Hunt . Her cinematography, shot on Arri Alexa, [2] won her a Vulcan Award and the Bodil Award for Best Cinematographer. Chistensen and Vinterberg teamed up a third time for the 2015 film Far from the Madding Crowd . [3] She is known for ability to bring out the female gaze, highlighting the female leads in her films. [4]

Cinematography

A lot of Christensen's work is inspired from the Dogme 95 movement, where the focus is back on the traditional aspects of filmmaking such as stories, characters, and thematic elements. [4] Christensen has spoken on her cinematography work on A Quiet Place through numerous interviews. A lot of the visual and tonal inspiration for the film came from other films like Jaws , No Country for Old Men , and There Will Be Blood . The film was shot on 35 mm, like the aforementioned movies. She has talked about how they had to capture images with sound in mind. The closer you are to something, the more little sounds are involved. It was more than just having the camera zoomed in on the subject and more about having the camera physically next to an object or person to catch all the sounds involved. Both Christensen and John Krasinski, the director, agreed that the film is warm and that those tones should be seen in various pockets- through the season (summer), clothing items, in nature, and elsewhere. She also had the challenge of working with the color red. Since the color is used to signal a warning, its thematic use isn't present until it needs to be; it's in that moment where it holds the most power. [5] Her main goal was to highlight the unheard and unseen through her camera work. In other films like Fences and The Girl on the Train , you can clearly see how her cinematography impacts the suspense and intensity of the film. She knows how to highlight the emotions of the characters within the scene, especially lead females where she ensures they're highlighted in the right way. [4]

Filmography

Short film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2003Looking for Al Bowlly Toby Haynes
2004London KebabsPierre Tatarka
Between UsHerself
Stefan Mørk
Also writer
AlacranesPierre Tatarka
Chasing Sheep
One Minute SilenceClare Harvey
Rob Sanders
2007CakeRosanna Negrotti
2008 Romans 12:20 Shammasian Brothers
The Chef's LetterSybil H. Mair
2011Chalk Martina Amati
Svinehund Jonas Elmer
The House Inside Her Pernille Rose Grønkjær
Astrid Kruse Jensen
In TunePhilippa JamesWith Stephan Pehrsson
2012Evigt UngaAnnika Appelin
2015The Briny Lucy Kirkwood

Feature film

YearTitleDirector
2007The EnglishmanIan Sellar
2010 Submarino Thomas Vinterberg
Min Bedste FjendeOliver Ussing
2011 Hunky Dory Marc Evans
2012 The Hunt Thomas Vinterberg
2015 Life Anton Corbijn
Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Vinterberg
2016 The Girl on the Train Tate Taylor
Fences Denzel Washington
2017 Molly's Game Aaron Sorkin
2018 A Quiet Place John Krasinski
2020 The Banker George Nolfi
2022 All the Old Knives Janus Metz Pedersen
2023 Sharper Benjamin Caron

Television

TV movie

YearTitleDirector
2008 Stacked Jennifer Perrott

Miniseries

YearTitleDirector
2020 Black Narcissus Herself
2023 A Murder at the End of the World Brit Marling
Zal Batmanglij

Awards and nominations

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References

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