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Mikael Salomon

Highest Rated: 93% Arachnophobia (1990)

Lowest Rated: 20% A Glimpse of Hell (2001)

Birthday: Feb 24, 1945

Birthplace: Malmö, Sweden

Leading Danish cinematographer who by the age of 40 had some 50 credits under his belt, mainly in Scandinavian films. Salomon quickly built a reputation in Hollywood as an adept director of photography on epics, difficult shoots, and special effects extravaganzas. These successes soon led to directing assignments in TV and features. Salomon's credits in Denmark and Europe include Henning Carlsen's biopic of Gaugin, "Wolf at the Door" (1987), "The Flying Devils" (1985), and "The Baron" (1979). In Hollywood, he has worked on "Zelly and Me" (1988), "Torch Song Trilogy" (1988), James Cameron's underwater spectacle, "The Abyss" (1989), which earned him an Oscar nomination, Ron Howard's "Backdraft" (1991), for which he was Oscar-nominated for visual effects, and Howard's "Far and Away," his first film shot in 65mm.

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Highest-Rated Movies

93% 55% Arachnophobia
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92% 94% Elvis: That's the Way It Is
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73% 75% Backdraft
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70% 58% Always
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69% 49% Salem's Lot
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50% 62% Far and Away
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50% 31% Big Driver
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42% 69% A Far Off Place
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34% 34% Hard Rain
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Big Driver 50% 31% 2014 Director Freezer 33% 27% 2014 Director Blue Lagoon: The Awakening 44% 2012 Director Drew Peterson: Untouchable 47% 2012 Director The Lost Future 16% 2010 Director Who Is Clark Rockefeller? 47% 2010 Director Natalee Holloway 32% 2009 Director Flirting With Forty 51% 2008 Director Fallen the Journey 2006 Director, Executive Producer Fallen 67% 2006 Director, Executive Producer Fallen III: The Destiny 2006 Director, Executive Producer Salem's Lot 69% 49% 2004 Director Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor 30% 2003 Director A Glimpse of Hell 20% 38% 2001 Director Hard Rain 34% 34% 1998 Director A Far Off Place 42% 69% 1993 Director Far and Away 50% 62% 1992 Cinematographer Backdraft 73% 75% 1991 Cinematographer Arachnophobia 93% 55% 1990 Cinematographer Always 70% 58% 1989 Cinematographer The Abyss 89% 83% 1989 Cinematographer Zelly and Me 60% 1988 Cinematographer Wolf at the Door 88% 1986 Cinematographer Early Spring 1986 Cinematographer The Flying Devils 1985 Cinematographer
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