EIGIL BRYLD   DFF

 

Born: 27 February 1971, Odense, Denmark.

Education: Coleg Gwent/Gwent College of Higher Education, Wales [Film and Video Prod; graduated in 1992].

Career: Began working at a local television station as a teenager. Studied in Wales under the well-known Magnum stills ph David Hurn. Began working in commercials in London, and eventually relocated to Brooklyn, New York.

Ph commercials.

Married to writer/poet Naja Marie Aidt.

Awards: BAFTA TV Award 'Best Photography' [2001] for 'Wisconsin Death Trip'; Royal Television Society TV Award 'Best Lighting, Photography & Camera' nom [2002] for 'Crime and Punishment'; 'Robert' Award 'Best Cinematography' nom [2003] & Madridimagen 'Most Innovating Cinematography' [2003] for 'Charlie Butterfly'; 'Emmy' Award nom [2010] for 'You Don't Know Jack'.

Website: Eigil Bryld


 FILMS, TELEVISION & INTERNET

1993

Et Lysglimt i Mørket/Glimpse of Hope [Nicolai Gunge] c; doc/25m

1994

Klondike/Videobar [Anders Rønnow Klarlund] b&w; short/30m

1995

Sandhedens time/Moment of Truth [Mads Tobias Olsen] b&w; short/30m; cph: Philip Forbes

1995

Blood Trance - A Spiritual Confession [Béatrice Eggers] c; exp short/10m; as Eigild Bryld

1996

Den attende/The Eighteenth [Anders Rønnow Klarlund] b&w-c

1997

The Warhol Nation [Jakob Kirstein Høgel] dv/c; doc/24m 

1997

De trofaste døde/The Faithful Dead [Anders Leifer] c; doc/46m

1997

Dazlak [- Skinhead] [Helke Sander] s16-35bu/c

1998

Besat/Possessed [Anders Rønnow Klarlund] c

1998

Wisconsin Death Trip [James Marsh] s16-35bu/b&w-c; 76m; addph: Frank DeMarco (b&w) & Bob Donnelly (color); also ep of BBC2-tv arts doc series 'Arena' (2000)

1999

Mr Rock & Roll [ep #1 'Colonel Tom Parker' dir by Christopher Bruce] 4-part mus doc series/dv; for Channel 4-tv

1999

Blondes: Jayne Mansfield [James Marsh] tv-doc/55m; ep BBC2-tv arts doc series 'Arena'

1999

Före stormen/Before the Storm/Rikoschett [Reza Parsa] c

2000

Ved verdens ende/At the End of the World [Anders Rønnow Klarlund] BetaSP/c; short/47m

2000

Charlie Butterfly [Dariusz Steiness] Hawk Scope/c; filmed 2000-01

2001

Crime and Punishment [Julian Jarrold] 2-part tvm/s16 (2002)

2001

Stjernekigger/Stargazer [Christina Rosendahl] c; doc/72m; co-2u c.op; ph: Philippe Kress, C. Rosendahl, a.o.; filmed 1998-2001

2002

To Kill a King [Mike Barker] p/c

2003

Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine/Kasparov vs. Deep Blue [Vikram Jayanti] dv-to-35mm/c; doc/87m; co-addph; ph: Maryse Alberti

2003

Oh Happy Day [Hella Joof] c

2004

Nordkraft/Angels in Fast Motion [Ole Christian Madsen] s35/c; co-2uc; ph: Jørgen Johansson

2004

The King [James Marsh] s35/c

2004

Springet/The Leap [Henning Carlsen] c; 2uc; ph: Jens Schlosser

2004

Kinky Boots [Julian Jarrold] s35/c

2005

Kort Film om Tro/Short Film About Faith [Nikolai Østergaard] b&w-c; doc/15m; cph: N. Østergaard

2005

Les amours perdus - Fire kapitler/Elvira in a Box [Caroline Sascha Cogez] b&w; short/21m

2005

The Last King of Scotland [Kevin Macdonald] s16+s35-to-35mm scope/c; ph Scotland; ph: Anthony Dod Mantle

2005

The Half Life of Timofey Berezin/Pu-239 [Scott Z. Burns] c; addph: Gabriel Kosuth; 2uc: Toni Cartu

2006

Becoming Jane [Julian Jarrold] s35/c; 2uc: Ciarán Barry

2007

In Bruges [Martin McDonagh] s35/c

2008

Paper Man [Kieran & Michele Mulroney] c

2009

9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers [James Kent] tv-doc/90m; co-add cam; ph: Robert Bondy & Neil Harvey; for Channel 4-tv

2009

You Don't Know Jack [Barry Levinson] tvm/b&w-c; 2uc: Charles Libin; 2uc Detroit: Christos Moisides; for HBO-tv

2010

Tilda [Bill Condon] tv-pilot; for HBO-tv

2011

Not Fade Away [David Chase] HD (ARRI ALEXA)-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Charles Libin

2011

The Reformed Troglodyte [Ben Briand] b&w; comm short/4m; prod for 'The Art of Shaving'; released on the internet

2011

The Gentleman Shaver [Ben Briand] b&w; comm short/3m; prod for 'The Art of Shaving'; released on the internet

 

[Right] with Joel Schumacher - "House of Cards"

Photo by Patrick Harbron/Netflix

 

2012

House of Cards [11 ep dir by David Fincher (2 ep), James Foley (3 ep), Joel Schumacher (2 ep), Charles McDougall (2 ep) & Carl Franklin (2 ep)] series, 2013-present (in 2017 the 6th season started shooting, but the prod was suspended due to the Kevin Spacey controversy); 1st season/RED Epic-to-HD, 2013 (13 ep); other ph: Tim Ives (2 ep); HDR time lapse ph (opening title seq): Andrew Geraci; prod for Netflix (on-demand Internet streaming media)

2014

Tulip Fever [Justin Chadwick] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT Plus/Master Scope)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; released in 2017

2015

The Wizard of Lies [Barry Levinson] tvm/HD (ARRI ALEXA); for HBO-tv

2016

Ingrid Silva [Ben Briand] c; comm short/5m; sponsored by Activia (Groupe Danone)

2016

Ocean's Eight [Gary Ross] HD (ARRI ALEXA SXT Plus & Mini)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; 2uc: Duane Manwiller; aph add units: Brian Heller; filmed 2016-17

2018

The Report/The Torture Report [Scott Z. Burns] scope/c

 

 MISCELLANEOUS

1997

Stjerner uden hjerner/Danes Without a Clue [Kasper Wedendahl] co-c.asst; ph: Jens Maasbøl