ERIC KRESS

ERIC KRESS DFF

Born: 25 March 1962, Zürich, Switzerland.

Education: Den Danske Filmskole/National Film School of Denmark [1987-91].

Career: Ph commercials dir by Thomas Busk, Jonas Elmer, Birger Larsen, a.o. Ph music videos.

Member of the DFF since 1991.

Awards: 'Robert' Award [1995] for 'Riget'; Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [2000], Special Award of the President of the Polish State Film Committee [2000], Bodil 'Johan Ankerstjerne's Fotografpris' [2001] & Palm Springs IFF 'Da Vinci' Award nom [2001] for 'Her i nærheden'; 'Robert' Award [2001] & Bodil 'Johan Ankerstjerne's Fotografpris' [2001] for 'Blinkende lygter'; Bodil 'Johan Ankerstjerne's Fotografpris' [2001] for 'Mirakel'; 'Robert' Award nom [2005] for 'Fakiren fra Bilbao'; DFF Klukprisen [2006], 'Guldbagge' Award nom [2008] for 'Arn - Tempelriddaren'; 'Guldbagge' Award nom [2010] for 'Män som hatar kvinnor'.

Website: Eric Kress

'Riget/The Kingdom' [1994]: 'It was a fantastic experience, a game. Lars [von Trier] had drawn up some rules beforehand; for example, I wasn't to know where the cast would be and they weren't allowed to know where I would have my camera. Lars asked them to do different things from take to take and it was very liberating to be plucked out of the idiomatically-laborious aspects of the job. This went for the cast, too. They relished the freedom they had been given, although at the same time it could be frustrating for them never to know where I had my camera. We shot on 16mm, underexposed two filters, developed it and skipped a tank during the developing process, in order to give it a rough, unpolished, documentary appearance. At the same time it was possible to film in conditions with very little light, which meant that we practically always filmed in whatever light there was. I regard the 'handicam' as a tool or a means by which to tell the story, but the pendulum swings and I now have more desire to explore moods in the image than the mobility 'handicam' lends you. At present I'd rather work with more precision and control of lighting, moods and blocking.' [From article by Ebbe Iversen.]

FILMS
1987	The Human Race [Nikolai Østergaard] ?; exp short/10m; cph: Martin Saabye
1987	Next Stop Nevada 1 [Søren Bak Sørensen] v/?; doc/38m; cph: Jacob Appel Christensen
1987	Begravelsen/The Funeral [Hans Fabian Wullenweber] ?; short/3m
1988	Tornio voyageurs [Hans Michael Nielsen] c; doc/45m; cph: Franco Invernizzi
1989	Canton, en eftermiddag [Hans Møller & Eric Kress] c; doc/25m; prod Den Danske Filmskole
1989	Englen og løven/The Angel and the Lion [Nikolai Østergaard] 16mm/?; exp short/11m; cph: Torben Forsberg
1990	Bananen - skræl den før din nabo!/Banana Busters [Regner Grasten] c; co-2uc; ph: Lasse Spang Olsen
1991	Frank og hans piger [Klaus Kjeldsen] 16mm/c; short/28m; prod Den Danske Filmskole
1991	Requiem [Peter Flinth] c; short/11m; prod Den Danske Filmskole
*1991*	Dimension [Lars von Trier] unfinished feature; the completed footage was released in 2010 as the short film 'Dimension: 1991-2024' (27m)
1993	Eksamen [Eddie Thomas Petersen] c; short/7m; also edited into 'Så er der forfilm - 1993' (29m)
1993	Farvel, farvel/Goodbye, Goodbye [Klaus Kjeldsen] c; doc/11m
1993	Roser og persille/Tango for tre (tv-title) [Eddie Thomas Petersen] 16mm-35bu/c; 2uc; ph: Dirk Brüel; also tv-series, 1994 (230m)
1993	Det personlige arbejde - en film om mennesker i udvikling på virksomheder i udvikling/Det udviklende arbejde [Arne Bro] ?; doc/38m; cph: Dan Laustsen
1993	Hallo Moskva [Kristoffer Nyholm] c; doc/22m
1993	Guldalder [Tom Elling] c; doc/63m; cph: Bøje Lomholdt, Allan Ohlsson, a.o.
1993	- kalder Katrine! [Per Fly Plejdrup] c; short/19m
1994	Superhoney [Charles Atlas] c; exp short/51m
1995	Farligt venskab/Drengen uden krop/Body Switch [Jørn Faurschou] c
1995	Davids bog/David's Book [Lasse Spang Olsen] c; short/52m
1995	Belma [Lars Hesselholdt] c; 68m; 2uc: Andra Lasmanis
1995	Elskede dyr [Vibeke Vogel] c; doc/28m
1995	De skrå brædder [Claus Bjerre] c; doc/53m; cph: Per Dreyer
1995	Menneskedyret/The Beast Within [Carsten Rudolf] c; co-2uc; ph: Anthony Dod Mantle
1995	Pigen med de grønne øjne/The Girl with Green Eyes [Helge Sten-Knudsen] c; short/53m
1995	Breaking the Waves [Lars von Trier] s35/c; 2uc; ph: Robby Müller
1995	Ørnens øje/Eye of the Eagle [Peter Flinth] c
1996	Fridas første gang/Frida's First Time [Charlotte Sachs Bostrup] c; short/36m
1996	Livet i 6 trin [Vibeke Vogel] c; doc/5m; also seg of anthology 'Danske piger viser alt - en film i 20 kapitler/Danish Girls Show Everything' (1996/93m/20 seg)
1997	Beck 2 - spår i mörker/Beck 2 - Spor i mørket/Night Vision/Subway Kids [Morten Arnfred] c
1997	En stille død/A Quiet Death [Jannik Johansen] c; short/37m
1998	Albert [Jørn Faurschou] c
1998	Kys, kærlighed og kroner/A Regular Thing [Louise Andreasen] c; short/27m
1998	Så smukt/So Beautiful [Thomas Rostock] c; short/22m
1999	Afsporet/Off Track [Jannik Johansen] c; short/37m; 2uc: Bjørn Blixt & Jens Schlosser
1999	Bornholms stemme/Gone with the Fish [Lotte Svendsen] c; 2uc; ph: Anthony Dod Mantle
1999	Her i nærheden/A Place Nearby [Kaspar Rostrup] c
1999	Dancer in the Dark [Lars von Trier] DVcam (Sony DSR-1P, PD-100P, PD-150 & D30WSP)-to-35mm scope/c; 2uc; ph: Robby Müller
1999	Mirakel/Miracle [Natasha Arthy] c
1999	Blinkende lygter/Flickering Lights [Anders Thomas Jensen] c; 2uc: Bjarne Blist
2000	Grev Axel [Søren Fauli] c; 2uc; ph: Jens-Jakob Thorsen
2000	En kort en lang/Shake It/Shake Your Heart [Hella Joof] c; 2uc: Bjørn Blixt & Dirk Brüel
2001	Se mig nu/Now, Look at Me [Birgitte Stærmose Mortensen] c; short/26m
2001	It's All About Love [Thomas Vinterberg] s35/c; addph; ph: Anthony Dod Mantle
2002	Skagerrak/Sweet Dreams [Søren Kragh-Jacobsen] c
2003	Rembrandt/Stealing Rembrandt [Jannik Johansen] c
2003	Lad de små børn/Aftermath [Paprika Steen] c; 2uc; ph: Erik Zappon
2004	Fakiren fra Bilbao/The Fakir [Peter Flinth] c
2004	Steget efter/Wallander - Det næste skridt [Birger Larsen] s35/c
2004	Min søsters børn i Ægypten/My Sisters Kids in Egypt [Kasper Barfoed] c; 2uc; ph: Jacob Kusk
2004	The Aftermath [Kasper Torsting] 16mm/c/V; mus perf/90m; cph: Jakob Bonfils, Kim Hattesen, a.o.
2005	Veninder [Charlotte Sachs Bostrup] c; cph: Henrik Kristensen
2005	Bang Bang Orangutang [Simon Staho] scope/c; cph: Kim Høgh
2005	Mastermind/Wallander: Mastermind [Peter Flinth] scope/c
2006	Der var engang en dreng - som fik en lillesøster med vinger/Skymaster [Steen Rasmussen & Michael Wikke] c
2006	Daisy Diamond [Simon Staho] HD-to-35mm/c

[Left] with dir Peter Flinth - "Arn - Tempelriddaren"

2007	Arn - Tempelriddaren/Arn - The Knight Templar [Peter Flinth] s35/c; also ed into a tv-miniseries (2010)
2007	Arn - Riket vid vägens slut/Arn - The Kingdom at Road's End [Peter Flinth] s35/c; also ed into a tv-miniseries (2010)
2007	Blå mænd/Take the Trash [Rasmus Heide] HD/c; cph: Jan Pallesen
2008	Män som hatar kvinnor/The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [Niels Arden Oplev] s35+s16-to-35mm scope/c; addph: Jens Fischer; also ed as a 2-part ep of 6-part tv-series 'Millennium' (2010)
2008	Superbror/Super Brother [Birger Larsen] c
2009	Julefrokosten/The Christmas Party [Rasmus Heide] HD/c
2009	Att bli med barn/Not Ready for Love [Annika Appelin] c; short/28m
2010	Smukke mennesker/Nothing's All Bad [Mikkel Munch-Fals] c
2011	Nobels testamente/Nobel's Last Will [Peter Flinth] HD/c; aph: Peter Degerfeldt; film #1 of 'Annika Bengtzon'-series
2011	Den som dræber - Fortidens skygge/Those Who Kill - Shadow of the Past [Birger Larsen] HD (Sony F35)/c
2011	Fisken och apelsinen [Thérèse Ahlbeck] HD (ARRI ALEXA/Hawk Scope)/c; short/9m
2011	En plats i solen/A Place in the Sun [Peter Flinth] c/V; film #6 of 'Annika Bengtzon'-series
2012	Monica Z/Waltz for Monica [Per Fly] HD (ARRI ALEXA) scope/c
2012	Kvinden i buret/The Keeper of Lost Causes [Mikkel Nørgaard] HD (ARRI ALEXA Plus)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c
2013	Fasandræberne/The Absent One [Mikkel Nørgaard] HD (ARRI ALEXA Plus) scope/c
2013	The Knife Thrower [Terry Nemeroff] announced
2014	Taken 3 [Olivier Megaton] Hawk Scope+s35-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; addph Paris, France: Marco Graziaplena; aph: James Swanson
2015	Løvekvinnen/Das Löwenmädchen [Vibeke Idsøe] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT)/c; cph: Dan Laustsen
2015	Colossal [Nacho Vigalondo] s16-to-digital (scope)/c; aph: Jesse Brunt
2016	Flatliners [Niels Arden Oplev] HD/c; 2uc: Arthur Cooper; follows film (1989-90, Joel Schumacher; ph: Jan de Bont)
2016	Jeg er William/I Am William [Jonas Elmer] c

TELEVISION
1994	Riget/The Kingdom [Morten Arnfred & Lars von Trier] 4-part miniseries/16mm+v; also theatrical version (35bu); see above
1994	Valle & Volmer [Lasse Spang Olsen] 6-part series
1996	Riget II/The Kingdom II [Morten Arnfred & Lars von Trier] 4-part miniseries, 1997/16mm+v; also theatrical version (35bu)
1998	Taxa [ep #37-39 dir by Birger Larsen] 56-part series, 1997-99; 4th season, 1999; other ph: Ole Schultz, Lars Vestergaard, Bo Tengberg, a.o.
1999	D-dag [seg 'Boris' dir by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen] tvm/dv; 4 seg
2001	Den 5:e kvinnan/Den femte kvinde/The Fifth Woman [Birger Larsen] 2-part tvm, 2002; cph: Jacob Kusk
2002	Nikolaj og Julie [ep #15-16 dir by Birger Larsen] 22-part series, 2002-03; 2nd season, 2003; other ph: Bo Tengberg, Lars Vestergaard, a.o.
2003	Nikolaj og Julie [ep #20 dir by Kristoffer Nyholm] 3rd season, 2003; see 2002
2003	Forsvar/Defense [ep #14 'En vidunderlig mand', #15 'Forførerne' & #16 'Fremtid med havudsigt, 1. del' dir by Niels Gråbøl] 29-part series, 2003-04; 2nd season, 2004; other ph: Torben Forsberg & Dirk Brüel
2004	Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé/The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey [ep #3 'Kodenavn: Skylla' & #4 'Kodenavn: Ifigenia' dir by Jannik Johansen] 24-part series, 2004-06; 1st season, 2004 (8 ep); other ph: Lars Vestergaard, Henrik Jongdahl & Bjørn Blixt
2006	Forbrydelsen/The Killing [ep #1-3 dir by Birger Larsen] 40-part series, 2007 (January/March & September/November), 2009 & 2012; 1st season, 2007 (20 ep); other ph: Bo Tengberg, Magnus Jønck, a.o.
2008	Sommer [ep #13 dir by Jannik Johansen] 20-part series; 2nd season, 2008
2009	Manden med de gyldne ører [ep #4-5 & #7-8 dir by Simon Bonde & Michael Spooner] 8-part series; other ph (+ cph #4 & #8): Jacob Kusk; 2uc: Alexander Marthin (8 ep) & Steffen Vala (3 ep)
2010	Borgen [ep #7 'Ikke se, ikke høre, ikke tale' dir by Mikkel Nørgaard (MN), #8 'Agurketid' dir by MN, #9 'Del og hersk' dir by Annette K. Olesen (AKO) & #10 'Første tirsdag i oktober' dir by AKO] 30-part series/RED, 2010-13; 1st season (10 ep), 2010; other ph: Lasse Frank (2 ep) & Magnus Jønck (4 ep)

[Right] - "Den som dræber"

2010	Den som dræber/Those Who Kill [ep #1 'Liget i skoven, del 1' & #2 'Liget i skoven, del 2' dir by Birger Larsen] 10-part series/HD (Sony F35), 2011
2011	Borgen [ep #17 'Hvad Indad Tabes, Skal Udad Vindes - Del 1' dir by Mikkel Nørgaard] 2uc; ph: Lars Vestergaard; 2nd season (10 ep), 2011; see 2010
2012	Heartless [Mikkel Munch-Fals] pilot; followed by 5-part series, 2014 (dir: Natasha Arthy; ph: Jesper Tøffner); for SBS Kanal 5
2014	Bedrag/Follow the Money [ep #5-6 dir by Jannik Johansen] 20-part series/HD, 2016; 1st season, 2016 (10 ep); other ph (1st season): Jonas Alarik (#1-2), Laust Trier-Mørk (#3-4 & #7-8) & Niels Reedtz Johansen (#9-10)
2015	Game of Silence [pilot dir by Niels Arden Oplev] 10-part series, 2016; other ph: Christopher Baffa
2016	Midnight, Texas [pilot dir by Niels Arden Oplev] series/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2017-present; 1st season, 2017 (10 ep)
2016	Will [ep #10 'Once, Bright Angel' dir by Shekhar Kapur] series/HD, 2017-present; 1st season, 2017 (10 ep); cph (pilot): Damian Bromley

MISCELLANEOUS
1984	Roland Tempel [Jens Christian Top; exp short] co-c.asst; ph: Kris Kolodziejski
1985	Tonny Toupé Show [Steen Rasmussen & Michael Wikke; tv-series] best boy; ph: Björn Blixt & Kim Hattesen
1985	Walter og Carlo - op på fars hat [Per Holst] co-lighting; ph: Peter Roos
1986	Mellem grænser/Between Borders [René Hansen; short] co-lighting; ph: Kalle Høver & Poul Erik Sørensen
1988	Tekno Love [Kim Toftum] co-c.asst; ph: Christina Voigt
1989	Perfect World [Tom Elling] co-lighting; ph: Per Dreyer