Linus Sandgren

Linus Sandgren
Linus Sandgren
Born	December 5, 1972 (age 51); Spånga, Sweden
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	2000–present

Linus Sandgren (born December 5, 1972 in Stockholm, Sweden) is an Academy Award winning Swedish cinematographer. Sandgren is most known for his work with Damien Chazelle on La La Land and his collaboration with David O Russell on the films American Hustle and Joy. He worked with Gus Van Sant on Promised Land where he shot the film in a unique format, Super 35mm 1.3x anamorphic. He received his first nomination and win for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. He also won the BAFTA Award , Hollywood Film Award, the Critics Choice Award, and won another 19 critics awards for his cinematography in Damien Chazelle's La La Land which he shot in the classic Cinemascope ratio 2.55:1.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Other notes	Format
2000	Systrar	Jesper Dagöö	Short film	Mini DV
2001	Superintendent Winter		TV series	HD 24P 1.78:1
2002	Överallt och ingenstans	Kajsa Eldin and Kristina Kjellin	TV movie	S16mm 1.66:1
	Disco Kung Fu	Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein	Short film	S16mm 2.35:1
	Spung	Måns Mårlind	4 episodes	Mini DV 4:3
	Lyckantropen	Steve Ericsson	Short film	S16mm 1.66:1
2003	Rätt i rutan		TV series	HD
2004	Alla bara försvinner	Kajsa Eldin and Pil Maria Gunnarsson	Documentary	HD 24P
2004	The Last Picture Show	Magnus Nordstrand	Short film	HD
2005	Storm	Måns Mårlind Björn Stein		Super 35mm 2.35:1
2006	Snapphanar	Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein	TV miniseries	S16mm 2.35:1
2007	Milah	Arne Toonen	Short film	S16mm 2.35:1
2010	The Palace of Light	Tim Piper	Short film	HD
2010	Shelter	Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein		Super 35mm 2.35:1
2011	In	Adam Berg	Short film	Super 35mm 2.35:1
2012	Lycka till och ta hand om varandra	Jens Sjögren		Arri ProRes 2.35:1
2012	Promised Land	Gus Van Sant		Super 35mm 1.3x anamorphic 1.85:1
2013	American Hustle	David O. Russell		Techniscope 2.35:1
2014	The Hundred-Foot Journey	Lasse Hallström		35mm anamorphic 2.35:1
2015	Joy	David O. Russell		Super 35mm 1.85:1
2016	La La Land	Damien Chazelle	Won "Best Cinematography" at the 89th Academy Awards (2017)	Super 35mm anamorphic 2.55:1
2017	Battle of the Sexes	Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris	Post-production	Super 35mm 2.35:1
2018	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	Lasse Hallström	Post-production	Super 35mm, 65mm 1.85:1

Industry Awards

List of awards and nominations
Award	Category	Year	Nominated work	Result
American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Award	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography	2017	La La Land	Nominated
Academy Awards	Best Cinematography	2016	La La Land	Won
BAFTA Award	Best Cinematography	2016	La La Land	Won
Capri Film Festival	Best Cinematography	2017	La La Land	Won
Hollywood Film Awards	Cinematographer of the Year	2016	La La Land	Won
Guldbagge Awards	Best Cinematography	2006	Storm	Won

Critics Awards

Won

2016: Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2016: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2016: Atlanta Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2016: Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2016: Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2016: Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2016: Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2016: Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2016: St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2016: Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2016: Nevada Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2016: Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2016: Austin Film Critics Association Awards for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2016: North Texas Film Critics Association Awards for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2016: North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2016: Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2017: Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2017: Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2017: Hawaii Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land

2nd Place

2016: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2016: San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2016: Indiewire Critics Poll Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2017: National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land

Nominated

2016: San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2016: Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2016: Satellite Award for Best Cinematography – La La Land
2017: Seattle Film Critics Association Awards for Best Cinematography – La La Land

References

^ "Shot in CinemaScope, La La Land vibrantly romances the olden days of Hollywood". Kodak.
^ "» Breathless". ICG Magazine. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 10, 2016). "How 'La La Land' Director Damien Chazelle, His Team & Lionsgate Faced The Music & Resurrected The Original Hollywood Musical". Deadline.com. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
^ "'La La Land': Magical Modern-Day Musical Will Sweep You Off Your Feet". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
^ Olsen, Mark. "New York Film Critics Circle gives best picture to 'La La Land'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
^ "'Moonlight' Named Best Picture by L.A. Film Critics". Yahoo!. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
^ Orr, Christopher. "The Novelty and Nostalgia of 'La La Land'". The Atlantic. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
^ "» What the Frack?". ICG Magazine. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

External links

Linus Sandgren at IMDb
Linus Sandgren at the Swedish Film Database

[1] "Shot in CinemaScope, La La Land vibrantly romances the olden days of Hollywood". Kodak.

[2] "» Breathless". ICG Magazine. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

[3] D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 10, 2016). "How 'La La Land' Director Damien Chazelle, His Team & Lionsgate Faced The Music & Resurrected The Original Hollywood Musical". Deadline.com. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

[4] "'La La Land': Magical Modern-Day Musical Will Sweep You Off Your Feet". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

[5] Olsen, Mark. "New York Film Critics Circle gives best picture to 'La La Land'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

[6] "'Moonlight' Named Best Picture by L.A. Film Critics". Yahoo!. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

[7] Orr, Christopher. "The Novelty and Nostalgia of 'La La Land'". The Atlantic. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

[8] "» What the Frack?". ICG Magazine. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

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v t e Academy Award for Best Cinematography
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1951–1975	William C. Mellor / Alfred Gilks and John Alton (1951) Robert Surtees / Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout (1952) Burnett Guffey / Loyal Griggs (1953) Boris Kaufman / Milton R. Krasner (1954) James Wong Howe / Robert Burks (1955) Joseph Ruttenberg / Lionel Lindon (1956) Jack Hildyard (1957) Sam Leavitt / Joseph Ruttenberg (1958) William C. Mellor / Robert Surtees (1959) Freddie Francis / Russell Metty (1960) Eugen Schüfftan / Daniel L. Fapp (1961) Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz / Freddie Young (1962) James Wong Howe / Leon Shamroy (1963) Walter Lassally / Harry Stradling (1964) Ernest Laszlo / Freddie Young (1965) Haskell Wexler / Ted Moore (1966) Burnett Guffey (1967) Pasqualino De Santis (1968) Conrad L. Hall (1969) Freddie Young (1970) Oswald Morris (1971) Geoffrey Unsworth (1972) Sven Nykvist (1973) Fred J. Koenekamp and Joseph F. Biroc (1974) John Alcott (1975)
1976–2000	Haskell Wexler (1976) Vilmos Zsigmond (1977) Néstor Almendros (1978) Vittorio Storaro (1979) Geoffrey Unsworth and Ghislain Cloquet (1980) Vittorio Storaro (1981) Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor (1982) Sven Nykvist (1983) Chris Menges (1984) David Watkin (1985) Chris Menges (1986) Vittorio Storaro (1987) Peter Biziou (1988) Freddie Francis (1989) Dean Semler (1990) Robert Richardson (1991) Philippe Rousselot (1992) Janusz Kamiński (1993) John Toll (1994) John Toll (1995) John Seale (1996) Russell Carpenter (1997) Janusz Kamiński (1998) Conrad Hall (1999) Peter Pau (2000)
2001–present	Andrew Lesnie (2001) Conrad Hall (2002) Russell Boyd (2003) Robert Richardson (2004) Dion Beebe (2005) Guillermo Navarro (2006) Robert Elswit (2007) Anthony Dod Mantle (2008) Mauro Fiore (2009) Wally Pfister (2010) Robert Richardson (2011) Claudio Miranda (2012) Emmanuel Lubezki (2013) Emmanuel Lubezki (2014) Emmanuel Lubezki (2015) Linus Sandgren (2016) Roger Deakins (2017) Alfonso Cuarón (2018) Roger Deakins (2019) Erik Messerschmidt (2020) Greig Fraser (2021) James Friend (2022) Hoyte van Hoytema (2023)