Mikael Salomon

Mikael Salomon (born 24 February 1945) is a Danish cinematographer, director and producer of film and television.

After a long cinematography career in Danish cinema, he transitioned to the Hollywood film industry in the late 1980s, earning two nominations from the Academy Awards.

Salomon then transitioned to a television director career, with credits that include Band of Brothers, Salem's Lot, Rome, and The Andromeda Strain.

Life and career

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Salomon is of Jewish descent on one parent's side.

Salomon photographed dozens of films in his native country, earning awards including the Robert Award and Bodil Awards. In the late 1980s, he relocated to Hollywood and shot his first mainstream American film with Torch Song Trilogy, a 1988 comedy-drama starring Harvey Fierstein, Anne Bancroft, and Matthew Broderick. The following year, he shot the James Cameron-helmed science fiction film The Abyss, a film that helped to pioneer the field of computer-generated visual effects. Salomon used three cameras in watertight housings that were specially designed. Another special housing was designed for scenes that went from above-water dialogue to below-water dialogue. The filmmakers had to figure out how to keep the water clear enough to shoot and dark enough to look realistic at 2,000 feet (700 m), which was achieved by floating a thick layer of plastic beads in the water and covering the top of the tank with an enormous tarpaulin. 1987 CableACE Award Direction of Photography in a Miniseries The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains 2001

Band of Brothers