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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
Watchlist 89% 83% The Abyss Watchlist
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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Filmography

Movies

Credit
50% 31% Big Driver Director - 2014
33% 27% Freezer Director - 2014
No Score Yet 44% Blue Lagoon: The Awakening Director - 2012
No Score Yet 47% Drew Peterson: Untouchable Director - 2012
No Score Yet 16% The Lost Future Director - 2010
No Score Yet 47% Who Is Clark Rockefeller? Director - 2010
No Score Yet 32% Natalee Holloway Director - 2009
No Score Yet 51% Flirting With Forty Director - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fallen the Journey Director,
Executive Producer 		- 2006
No Score Yet 67% Fallen Director,
Executive Producer 		- 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fallen III: The Destiny Director,
Executive Producer 		- 2006
69% 49% Salem's Lot Director - 2004
No Score Yet 30% Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor Director - 2003
20% 38% A Glimpse of Hell Director - 2001
34% 34% Hard Rain Director $19.9M 1998
42% 69% A Far Off Place Director $12.9M 1993
50% 62% Far and Away Cinematographer $58.2M 1992
73% 75% Backdraft Cinematographer $75.7M 1991
93% 55% Arachnophobia Cinematographer $53.2M 1990
70% 58% Always Cinematographer - 1989
89% 83% The Abyss Cinematographer $54.3M 1989
No Score Yet 60% Zelly and Me Cinematographer $8.7K 1988
No Score Yet 88% Wolf at the Door Cinematographer $39.0K 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Early Spring Cinematographer - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Flying Devils Cinematographer - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Around the World With Fanny Hill Cinematographer - 1974
No Score Yet 20% Z.P.G. Cinematographer - 1972
92% 94% Elvis: That's the Way It Is Film Editing - 1970

TV

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73% No Score Yet The Company Director 2007 2021
77% 67% The Long Road Home Director 2017
21% 81% Valor Director 2017
25% 47% Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Director 2017
14% 82% Damien Director 2016
63% 40% Blood & Oil Director 2015
48% 77% Powers Director 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet HawthoRNe Director 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Company Director 2007
85% No Score Yet Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King Director 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Salem's Lot Director 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Agency Director 2001
94% 96% Band of Brothers Director 2001
86% 89% Alias Director 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Director 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Aftershock: Earthquake in New York Director 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nash Bridges Director 1998