LUKAS ETTLIN

 

Born: 1975, Basel, Switzerland.

Education: Tisch School of the Arts at New York University [NYU].

Career: Ph commercials dir by Michael Bay, Rob Schroeder, Kevin Donovan [for Ford], Brad Furman, a.o. Ph music videos with a: Disturbed, Marilyn Manson ['Personal Jesus'; d: Nathan Cox], Maxeen, Elvis Costello, Chris Glover ['Stand On Your Seat'; d: Matt Ornstein], We Are the Fallen [2010, 'Bury Me Alive'; d: Kyle Newman & Jaime King], a.o.

Awards: ASC 'Arthur Miller Heritage Award' [2000]; MVPA Best Cinematography Award nom [2005] for music video 'Personal Jesus'.

Website: Lukas Ettlin


 

 FILMS

1998

The Face [Rachael Maxwell] c

1999

Genesis and Catastrophe [Jonathan Liebesman] c; short/8m; prod NYU

2001

Fast Forward [Brad Furman] c; short/6m & 9m; + archive footage of the shooting (1981) of Ronald Reagan

2002

Special [Ken Daurio & Cinco Paul] c; short/30m

2002

Pirates [Eric McCormack] c; short/23m

2002

The Ghosts of Edendale [Stefan Avalos] c; vfx ph: Casey Schatz

2003

The Stranger [Brad Furman] c; short/27m; + co-prod

2003

Unbroken [Brad Furman] b&w; short/6m

2003

Southbounders [Ben Wagner] dv (Panasonic AG-DVX100)-to-35mm/c; summer 2003 ph; fall 2003 ph: Leif Johnson; 2uc: Philip Andelman

2004

The Grudge/The Juon [Takashi Shimizu] c; co-addph; ph: Hideo Yamamoto

2004

Life on the Ledge [Lewis Helfer] c

2004

Rings [Jonathan Liebesman] c; short/16m; 2uc: Kirk Douglas

2005

Buried Alive in the Blues [Brad Furman] c/V; mus doc/83m; cph: Joshua Reis

2005

The Busker [Stephen Croke] HD/c

2005

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning [Jonathan Liebesman] c; 2uc: Brown Cooper

2006

Fanboys [Kyle Newman] 35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Brown Cooper; addph: George Maxwell

2006

Transformers [Michael Bay] p+s35-to-35mm scope (+ IMAX-70bu)/c; 2uc; ph: Mitchell Amundsen

2006

The Take [Brad Furman] s16-35bu/c; 2uc: Joshua Reis

2006

Revenge of the Nerds [Kyle Newman] pre-production; remake of film (1984); status unknown

2007

Never Back Down [Jeff Wadlow] s35+HD (Iconix HD-RH1)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c

2007

The Killing Room [Jonathan Liebesman] scope/c

2008

Graduation Day [Andrew Gallery] c; short/29m; cph: Kelly Garner

2008

Shrink [Jonas Pate] c; cph: Isaac Phillips

2008

Middle Men [George Gallo] s35/c; aph: Douglas Holgate

2009

A Nightmare on Elm Street [Samuel Bayer] p/c; ph Los Angeles & insert units; ph: Jeff Cutter

2009

Battle Los Angeles/Battle: Los Angeles/World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles [Jonathan Liebesman] s35+HD (Sony PMW-EX3)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Bruce McCleery; uncred addph: Oliver Wood; aph: Hans Bjerno & David B. Nowell; vfx ph: Dennis McHugh

2010

The Lincoln Lawyer [Brad Furman] RED-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c

2011

Atlantis [Matthew Ornstein] c; short/19m; addph: James Neihouse

2011

Evidence [Olatunde Osunsanmi] HD scope/c

2011

Bait [Paul Schrader] pre-production; scheduled to start shooting in November; status unknown

2012

Life & Hummus [Alex Matros] c; doc/40m

2013

Project Almanac/Welcome to Yesterday/Almanac [Dean Israelite] RED Epic-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; concert unit ph; ph: Matthew J. Lloyd

2013

Maggie [Henry Hobson] HD scope-to-digital/c; 2uc: Michael Stumpf; addph: Michael Bonvillain

 

 TELEVISION & INTERNET

2011

Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome/Blood & Chrome [Jonas Pate] tvm (94m) & 10-part web series/RED; 2uc: Mark Berlet

2012

The Last Ship [pilot 'Phase Six' dir by Jonathan Mostow] series/RED Epic Dragon, 2014-present; 1st season, 2014 (10 ep); other ph: Cort Fey; for TNT-tv

2013

Black Sails [ep #I. dir by Neil Marshall (NM), #III. dir by NM, #V. dir by Marc Munden (MM) & #VII. dir by MM] series/HD, 2014-present; 1st season, 2014 (8 ep); other ph: Jules O'Loughlin (4 ep); 2uc: Michael Snyman; for Starz-tv

2014

Black Sails [ep #IX. dir by Steve Boyum] 2nd season, 2015 (10 ep); see 2013

2014

Aquarius [various] 26-part series/HD, 2015-16; 1st season, 2015 (13 ep)

 

 MISCELLANEOUS

1998

Po Mo Knock Knock [Greg Pak; short/3m] gaffer; ph: Greg Pak

2005

Gary Gulman: Boyish Man [Chuck Vinson & Michael Bloom; tv-perf] c.op; ph: Scott Ewers

 

 FILMS & TELEVISION AS DIRECTOR

2001

Thunder Road [+ co-prod/scrpl] short/24m/16mm; ph: ?; prod NYU

2014

Black Sails [ep #XVII.] tv-series; 2nd season, 2015 (10 ep); ph: Gavin Struthers; 2uc: Michael Swan; see Television (2014)

2014

Aquarius [ep #12 '(Please Let Me Love You and) It Won't Be Wrong'] tv-series; ph: Michael Stecher; see Television (2014)