- Source: Manuel Alberto Claro
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2011
- Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa
- Sinematografi Terbaik (Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award)
- Melancholia (film 2011)
- Piala Dunia FIFA 2022
- Argentina
- Sinematografi Terbaik (Chicago Film Critics Association Award)
- Copa América 2011
- Krisis kepresidenan Venezuela
- Podemos (partai politik Spanyol)
- Manuel Alberto Claro
- Melancholia (2011 film)
- Nymphomaniac (film)
- The House That Jack Built (2018 film)
- Lol Crawley
- The Untamed (2016 film)
- Claro (surname)
- Reconstruction (2003 film)
- Top Five
- Here (2023 film)
Manuel Alberto Claro (born 3 April 1970) is a Chilean-Danish cinematographer, filmmaker, and still photographer. He has won numerous accolades, including two Robert Awards, a Bodil Award, and a European Film Award.
Life and career
Manuel Alberto Claro was born in Santiago, Chile in 1970. In 1974, he moved to Denmark and since that time lives in Copenhagen.
He graduated as a stills photographer from Milan's Istituto Europeo di Design in 1994 and then worked as an assistant photographer in Milan, New York City and Copenhagen before enrolling at the National Film School of Denmark in 1997, from where he graduated in 2001.
Since 2001 he has shot a number of features among them Reconstruction, which won the Camera d'Or in Cannes 2003 and the Bronze Frog at Camerimage 2004. Dark Horse which premiered in Un Certain Regard in Cannes 2005. Allegro which premiered at Venice Film Festival 2005 and for which he won both the Robert and the Bodil 2006 awards for best cinematography. He has been a frequent collaborator with director Lars von Trier in Melancholia, Nymphomaniac, and The House that Jack Built.
He also works on commercials for companies like IKEA, Nokia, and Volkswagen, and on music videos for the likes of FKA Twigs, Paloma Faith, Sons of Raphael and Rhye. He is an active member of the Danish Society of Cinematographers.
Filmography
= Feature films
=Zakka West (2003)
Reconstruction (2003)
Scratch (2003)
Lille far (2004)
Silkevejen (2004)
Dark Horse (2005)
Allegro (2005)
Weapons (2007)
Tempelriddernes skat II (2007)
Tempelriddernes skat III (2008)
Alt er relativt (2008)
The Candidate (2008)
Everything Will Be Fine (2010)
Melancholia (2011)
Nymph()maniac (2013)
Top Five (2014)
The Untamed (2016)
The House That Jack Built (2018)
= Short films
=Anxiety (2001)
Visions of Europe (2004, segment "Europe Does Not Exist")
Awards
2003: Golden Plaque for Reconstruction, Chicago International Filmfestival
2004: Bronze Frog for Reconstruction, Camerimage
2006: Robert for Allegro
2006: Bodil Award for Best Cinematographer for Allegro and Dark Horse
2010: Bodil Award for Best Cinematographer for Antichrist
2011: European Film Award
2012: Bodil Award for Best Cinematographer for Melancholia
References
Further reading
Cancela, Lorena (June 2004). "The Lovers from Copenhagen: A Conversation with Manuel Alberto Claro and Tine Grew Pfeiffer on Reconstruction". Senses of Cinema. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
Blair, Ian (13 February 2012). "Claro: Finds beauty in the apocalypse". Variety. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
Talu, Yonca (22 January 2019). "Interview: Manuel Alberto Claro". Film Comment. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
Guida, Gerry (2 February 2022). "On the Hunt for Beauty. Conversation with Manuel Alberto Claro". Artdigiland.
External links
Official website
Manuel Alberto Claro at IMDb
Manuel Alberto Claro at Danish Association of Cinematographers