Jens Fischer (born 24 August 1946) is a Swedish

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. According to Criterion Cast, Jens Fischer is known as "one of the most distinguished Swedish cinematographers of the 1990s and 2000s."

Early life and education

Jens Fischer was born in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. His mother Gull Söderblom was the sister of

Åke Söderblom Åke Fridolf Söderblom (20 January 1910 – 22 May 1965) was a Swedish actor, screenwriter and songwriter (one of his songs is '' Kan du vissla Johanna?''). He appeared in 70 films between 1933 and 1965. Selected filmography * '' The Dang ...

, while his father

Gunnar Fischer Gunnar Fischer (18 November 1910 – 11 June 2011) was a Swedish cinematographer who worked with director Ingmar Bergman on several of the director's best-known films, including '' Smiles of a Summer Night'' (1955) and ''The Seventh Seal'' (1 ...

was a film director and photographer who worked closely with

Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoun ...

. Both Jens and his brother Peter went on to become

cinematographers The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...

Career

In 1974, he worked with his father Gunnar Fischer on ''

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'' by

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. Jens and his brother Peter also played the sons of Eva Dahlbeck in '' Waiting Women''. According to Criterion Cast, Jens Fischer was "one of the most distinguished Swedish cinematographers of the 1990s and 2000s." In 1998, Fischer, who previously won the Guldbagge for best cinematography, was the recipient of the first

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prize at the Guldebaggen. Among other recent projects, he was a cinematographer along with Eric Kress on the 2010 film ''

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (original title in ) is a psychological thriller novel by Swedish author Stieg Larsson. It was published posthumously in 2005, translated into English in 2008, and became an international bestseller. ''T ...

''. At the 15th

Pune International Film Festival The Pune International Film Festival (also known as PIFF) is an annual film festival held in Pune, a city in Maharashtra, India. Open to general public, the films are screened at National Film Archive of India, NFAI, INOX Leisure Limited, Inox ...

(PIFF) in 2017, he served as a judge for the competition section. At the

28th Guldbagge Awards The 28th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1992, and took place on 1 March 1993. '' House of Angels'' directed by Colin Nutley was presented with the award for Best Film. Winn ...

in 2014 he was nominated for the award for Best Cinematography for the films ''

Svart Lucia ''Svart Lucia'' (lit. "Black Lucia" or "Black Saint Lucy's Day") is a Swedish-Danish film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 11 December 1992, directed by Rumle Hammerich. At the 28th Guldbagge Awards Tova Magnusson Norling was nominated ...

'' and '' House of Angels''. At the

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he won the Best Cinematography award for the film '' Sista dansen''. He has worked on more than 35 films and television shows since 1972.

Selected filmography

* '' The Children of Noisy Village'' (1986) * '' Allra käraste syster'' (1988) * ''

Ingen rövare finns i skogen ''Ingen rövare finns i skogen'' is a 1989 Swedish film directed by Göran Carmback and based on the novel of the same name by Astrid Lindgren. Plot Peter plays outside in the woods with his sword. When he runs to his grandmother's house he sin ...

'' (1988) * ''

'' (1992) * '' House of Angels'' (1992) * '' Sista dansen'' (1993) * '' The Queen of Sheba's Pearls'' (2004) * ''

Göta kanal 2 – Kanalkampen ''Göta kanal 2 – Kanalkampen'' (English: ''Göta Canal 2 - Canal Battle'') is a comedy film directed by Pelle Seth. It is a sequel to '' Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen?'' and was followed by '' Göta kanal 3: Kanalkungens hemligh ...

'' (2006) * '' Göta kanal 3: Kanalkungens hemlighet'' (2009) * '' Änglagård – tredje gången gillt'' (2010)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fischer, Jens 1946 births Living people Swedish cinematographers Mass media people from Stockholm Best Cinematographer Guldbagge Award winners