#1: From interview [Plus Camerimage 2011]

 

   


HOYTE VAN HOYTEMA   NSC/FSF/ASC

 

Born: 4 October 1971, Horgen, Switzerland, as son of an architect.

Education: PWSFTviT, Lódz, Poland [1993-97].

Career: When he was 17 years old he applied to the NFTA in Amsterdam, but did not get accepted. He went to Poland and applied to the film school in Lódz instead. After some work in Holland and Poland he ended up in Norway where he met producer Malte Forssell who brought him to Sweden for the production of 'Danslärarens återkomst'.

Ph commercials dir by Fredrik Bond, David O. Russell, Jeppe Ronde, Mikael Marcimain, a.o.

Member of the ASC since 2016.

Awards: Göteborg FF 'Kodak Nordic Vision Award for Best Cinematography' [2008] & Guldbagge Award for 'Best Cinematography' [2008] for 'Låt den rätte komma in/Let the Right One In'; Guldbagge Award for 'Best Cinematography' [2009] for 'Flickan/The Girl'; ASC Film Award nom [2011] & BAFTA Film Award nom [2011] for 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'; BAFTA Film Award nom [2014] for 'Interstellar'.

Website: Hoyte van Hoytema


 FILMS AT THE PWSFTviT

1993

Twarza do... [Ian Liggett; short/9m] music; ph: I. Liggett

1993

Może to grzech, że sie modle/Maybe It's Sinful to Pray [Franco de Peña; doc/23m] co-music; ph: Mariusz Palej

1994

Zupa z nietoperza [Ewa Ludmiła Fedak] c; anim/8m; + music

1994

Vis à vis [Marek Wieser; short/10m] co-c.asst (+ music); ph: M. Wieser

1994

Tomasz [Christos Georgiou; short/9m] music; ph: Andrzej Olichwier

1994

Rytm mego dnia [Hoyte van Hoytema] Super VHS/b&w; camera exercise/1m15s

1994

Pianissimo [Hoyte van Hoytema] Super VHS/b&w; doc/2m

1994

Cocoon [Bankole Olayebi; doc/11m] co-c.asst; ph: Barbara Nikonorow

1994

Azyl. Lublin, Poland/Static [Kate Forshaw] b&w; doc/10m

1995

Złamana strzała/Broken Arrow [John Dower; short/11m] co-music; ph: André Osmundsen

1995

Pytania (1965) [Katja Pratschke; short/7m] music; ph: Marek Wieser

1995

Pańcia [Iwona Siekierzyńska; short/14m] co-asst; ph: Marek Wieser

1995

Horoskop [Maciej Adamek; short/10m] actor; ph: Marek Przęczek

1996

Tidewater [Nathilde Overrein Rapp] c; short/21m; uwph: Jacek Śliwa

1997

Złota nić [Borys Lankosz; short/16m] co-asst dir; ph: Marek Wieser

 

 FILMS & TELEVISION

1995

Na ulicy smutnej w Łodzi [Nathilde Overrein Rapp] Betacam/c; doc/26m; prod Studio Filmowe Everest

2000

Den förste zigenaren i rymden/The First Gypsy in Space [Agneta Fagerström-Olsson] 4-part tv-miniseries; 'b' cam; ph: Anders Bohman; filmed 2000-01

2001

Choka!/Get Lost! [Kasper Bisgaard] DVCPRO/c; short/46m

2002

Tarifa Traffic: Death in the Straits of Gibraltar [Joakim Demmer] c; doc/60m; co-prod DFFB

2002

Svidd neger [Erik Smith Meyer] HD-to-35mm scope/c; + ed

2003

Hissen [Renato Olivares Macias] HD/c; short/12m

2004

Salto, salmiakk og kaffe/Chlorox, Ammonium and Coffee [Mona J. Hoel] s35-to-35mm/c; 2uc: Nicolay Poulsen; addph: Rune Hov

2004

Sandor / slash/ Ida [Henrik Georgsson] s35/c; co-2uc; ph: Anders Bohman

2004

Danslärarens återkomst/The Return of the Dancing Master [Stephan Apelgren] 2-part tvm/s16; 2uc: Marek Wieser & Viktor Davidsson

2004

Pistvakt [Stephan Apelgren] s35+HD-to-35mm scope/c; 2uc: Anders Bohman

2005

Lasermannen/The Laser Man [Mikael Marcimain] 3-part tv-miniseries/16mm

2005

Kronprinsessan [Kathrine Windfeld] 4-part tv-miniseries; co-addph; ph: Jonas Alarik

2005

En fråga om liv och död/A Matter of Life and Death [Håkan Lindhé] 2-part tvm/s16; addph: Halldór Gunnarsson

2006

Mankells Wallander: Blodsband [Stephan Apelgren] c; co-2uc; ph: Peter Mokrosinski

2006

Mankells Wallander: Jokern/Förfalskaren [Stephan Apelgren & Anders Engström] c; co-2uc; ph: Peter Mokrosinski

2006

Mankells Wallander: Hemligheten [Stephan Apelgren] s16-35bu/c; co-2uc; ph: Peter Mokrosinski

2006

De fortabte sjæles ø/De glömda själarnas ö/Island of Lost Souls [Nicolaj Arcel] scope/c; co-2uc; ph: Rasmus Videbæk

 

[Background/left] with dir Igor Heitzmann and conductor Otmar Suitner - "Nach der Musik"

 

2006

Nach der Musik/A Father's Music [Igor Heitzmann] DigiBeta-to-35mm/b&w-c; mus doc/105m; cph: Rali Raltschev; co-prod DFFB

2006

Upp till kamp/How Soon Is Now? [Mikael Marcimain] 4-part tv-miniseries/b&w-c/scope

2007

Låt den rätte komma in/Let the Right One In [Tomas Alfredson] s35/c; uwph: Eric Börjesson; + stills ph

2008

Flickan/The Girl [Fredrik Edfeldt] scope/c

2008

Doktor Glas [Mikael Marcimain, Hoyte van Hoytema, Peder Bjurman, a.o.] tvm/HD; cph: M. Marcimain & Måns Månsson; + assoc prod

2009

Ond tro/Bad Faith [Kristian Petri] scope/c

2009

The Fighter [David O. Russell] ts+BetaSP-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Dana Gonzales; addph Los Angeles: Rodney Taylor

2010

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [Tomas Alfredson] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Jallo Faber

2011

Call Girl [Mikael Marcimain] scope/c

2012

Her [Spike Jonze] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT & Studio + Canon EOS C300 + Phantom Flex)-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; addph: Lance Acord; 2uc: Wyatt Troll & Eduard Grau; aph: Ron Goodman; new scenes filmed in August 2013

2013

The Brothers Lionheart/Bröderna Lejonhjärta [Tomas Alfredson] pre-production

2013

Interstellar [Christopher Nolan] p+IMAX 65mm-to-35mm scope (+ 70bu, IMAX-70bu & D-Cinema)/c; aph: Hans Bjerno; vfx ph: Tim Angulo

2014

Spectre/Bond 24 [Sam Mendes] s35+vv+p+Master Scope+HD (ARRI ALEXA 65 & XT M/p)+RED Epic Dragon-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Alexander Witt (+ 2ud) & Jallo Faber; aph: Hans Bjerno & John Marzano; vfx/miniature unit ph: Peter Talbot; uncred main titles ph: Franz Lustig; replaced ph Roger Deakins; filmed 2014-15

2016

Dunkirk [Christopher Nolan] IMAX 65mm+p70-to-35mm scope (+ 70bu, IMAX-70bu & D-Cinema)/c; aph: Hans Bjerno; vfx ph: Mark H. Weingartner

2017

Ad Astra [James Gray] c

 

 MISCELLANEOUS

1996

The Tango Lesson [Sally Potter] cam trainee (Paris); ph: Robby Müller

1996

Blazen tot honderd/The Dandelion Game [Peter van Wijk] 2nd c.asst (with J. van den Steenhoven); ph: Jules van den Steenhoven, Willy Stassen, Michel van Laer & Danny Elsen

1997

All Stars [Jean van de Velde] 2nd c.asst; ph: Jules van den Steenhoven

2000

Moja córeczka [Andrzej Barański; tvm/78m] co-c.op; ph: Piotr Wojtowicz

2001

Sukces [Marek Bukowski] c.op; ph: Marek Dawid; released 2003