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J E S P E R   T Ø F F N E R   DFF

Jesper is awarded with “Klukprisen” by DFF- The Danish Association of Cinematographers, an award given to a cinematographer who excel in their field of work.

his latest work includes a fictional biopic  MEDIEVAL  telling the story about the 15th century legendary Czech general Jan Zizka, starring o.a. Ben Foster and Sir Michael Caine, This is a Czech / US co-production shot in, and around, Prague.

This just after he finished the WW1 drama  A WAR WITHIN  a co-production with Denmark, Germany and The Czech Republic. prior to this he shot Ole Bornedal’s  THE WAY TO MANDALAY   and Thomas Vinterberg's THE COMMUNE.

THE COMMUNE was selected in Competition for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin Film Festival, and it was nominated Best Cinematography by The Danish Film Academy..

Jesper has also made the cinematic concept on various series for both tv and streaming a.o. the first Danish Netflix Original series  THE RAIN  directed by Kenneth Kainz.

His first feature  APPLAUS  directed by Martin zandvliet won the Label Europa Cinemas at Karlov Vary International Film Festival. After that he shot  DIRCH  the most seen feature film in Danish cinema that year, and it was also nominated Best Cinematography  by The Danish Film Academy.

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