Gunnar Nilsen-Vig

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1886|09|20}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|07|08|1886|09|20}}

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| nationality = Norwegian

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| occupation = Cinematographer, film director

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Gunnar Nilsen-Vig (September 20, 1886 – July 8, 1959) was a Norwegian cinematographer, scriptwriter, and film director.{{cite book |last1=Iverson |first1=Gunnar |last2=Söderbergh Widding |first2=Astrid |last3=Soila |first3=Tytti |title=Nordic National Cinemas |date=2005 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |page=103}}{{cite book |author1=Anne Marit Myrstad |editor1-last=Dyer |editor1-first=Richard |editor2-last=Vincendeau |editor2-first=Ginette |title=Popular European Cinema |date=2013 |publisher=Taylor and Francis |location=Abingdon, UK |page=184 |chapter=The National Breakthrough in Norwegian Film}}

Nilsen-Vig came into contact with the director Rasmus Breistein via the company Kommunenes Filmcentral. He became Breistein's permanent cinematographer and was involved in most of Breistein's films, from Fante-Anne (1920) to Trysil-Knut (1942).{{cite web |title=Norsk filmografi |url=https://www.nb.no/filmografi/search |publisher=National Library of Norway |accessdate=July 18, 2019}} He also worked as a cinematographer for other directors, including for the Norwegian–German film The Woman in the Advocate's Gown (1929, directed by Adolf Trotz). In 1923, Nilsen-Vig directed his only film, Strandhugg paa Kavringen (now considered lost),{{cite news |title=Frislipp av 2600 stillbilder fra norske langfilmer |url=https://rushprint.no/2018/08/frislipp-av-2600-stillbilder-fra-norske-langfilmer/ |accessdate=July 18, 2019 |work=Rushprint |date=August 13, 2018}} together with Trygve Dalseg.