Eric Kress

{{short description|Danish cinematographer (born 1962)}}

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| birth_place = Zürich, Switzerland

| nationality = Danish

| occupation = Cinematographer

| years_active = 1991–present

| website = {{URL|http://www.erickress.dk/}}

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Eric Kress (born 25 March 1962) is a Danish cinematographer.

Biography

Kress was born in Zürich on 25 March 1962 to a French father and a Danish mother. He studied cinematography at the National Film School of Denmark in Copenhagen from 1987 to 1991.{{cite web|title=Eric Kress i Den danske Filmdatabase|url=http://www.danskefilm.dk/personer.php?id=12630|website=DanskeFilm|accessdate=12 February 2015|language=Danish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212061151/http://www.danskefilm.dk/personer.php?id=12630|archive-date=12 February 2015|url-status=dead}}

Personal life

His brother Philippe Kress is also a film photographer.{{Cite web|date=2015-02-12|title=Eric Kress|url=http://www.danskefilm.dk/personer.php?id=12630|access-date=2021-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212061151/http://www.danskefilm.dk/personer.php?id=12630|archive-date=2015-02-12}}

Filmography

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Year

! Film

! Director

! Other notes

1995

| The Kingdom

| Lars von Trier

| Robert Award for Best cinematography

1997

| Eye of the Eagle

Peter Flinth

|

1998

| Albert

|

|

rowspan="3"| 2000

| A Place Nearby

| Kaspar Rostrup

| Johan Ankerstjerne Award{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemazone.dk/article.asp?id=220|title=Bodil, Bænken og Zentropa 2001|language=Danish|publisher=cinemazone.dk|accessdate=2012-03-02}}

Flickering Lights

| Anders Thomas Jensen

| Robert Award for Best cinematography

Mirakel

|

|

2001

| Shake It All About

| Hella Joof

|

2002

| The Fifth Woman

|

|

2003

| Stealing Rembrandt

| Jannik Johansen

|

2004

| The Fakir

| Peter Flinth

| Nominated Robert Award for Best Cinematography

2005

| One Step Behind

|

|

2007

| Arn – The Knight Templar

| Peter Flinth

| Nominated - Guldbagge Award for Best Cinematography

2008

| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

| Niels Arden Oplev

| Nominated - Guldbagge Award for Best Cinematography

2010

|Borgen

|

| TV series: 4 episodes

2011

| Those Who Kill

|

| TV Series: 2 Episodes

2013

| The Keeper of Lost Things

| Mikkel Nørgaard

|

rowspan="3"| 2014

| Waltz for Monica

| Per Fly

| Nominated - Guldbagge Award for Best Cinematography

The Absent One

| Mikkel Nørgaard

|

Taken 3

| Olivier Megaton

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2022

| Halo

| Roel Reiné

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References

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