John Andreas Andersen

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John Andreas started out making short films on Super8, going on to win a national film-competition when 15 years old. That propelled him into following his passion for films and visual storytelling. Before attending film school, John Andreas worked his way up in the camera-department, including working as assistant camera for 2 times Oscar-winning Swedish cinematographer-legend; Sven Nykvist, ASC. With Sven's recommendation-letter he got into the MFA program at American Film Institute (AFI), graduating in 1998. Continuing his work as Director of Photography on many award winning features, including «Headhunters» (Morten Tyldum, 2011) and «King of Devil's Island» (Marius Holst, 2010) - John Andreas eventually transitioned to the directors chair. After first shooting the first episodes, then directing the season finale of Netflix-success «Occupied» (2015), his feature film directing debut came with «The Quake» (2018) following with the Norwegian War film «Number 24» (2024).

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2026
The Nation's Gambit
Movie Director
2024
Number 24
Movie Director
2021
The Burning Sea
Movie Director
2020
Simon Talbot: Danish Invasion
Movie Camera Operator
2018
Congo
Movie Director of Photography
2018
The Quake
Movie Director
2017
The Snowman
Movie Second Unit Director of Photography
2016
A Conspiracy of Faith
Movie Director of Photography
2015
Occupied
TV show Director of Photography
2014
Nørgaards netfix
TV show Camera Operator
2014
Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama
Movie Director
2014
Behind The Scenes - Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama
Movie Seg selv
2012
All That Matters Is Past
Movie Director of Photography
2011
The Monitor
Movie Director of Photography
2011
Headhunters
Movie Director of Photography
2010
King of Devil's Island
Movie Director of Photography