Philip Remi Øgaard is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 cinematographer

Cinematographer

A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...

. Since 1983, Philip Øgaard has photographed more than 30 feature films, and has come to be recognized as one of Norway's premier cinematographers. He frequently collaborates with directors Martin Asphaug

Martin Asphaug

Martin Asphaug is a film director and screenwriter from Trondheim, Norway.With a background from writing and directing short films, industry documentaries and PSAs, Asphaug made his feature film debut with the award-winning 1989 film, A Handful of Time.Since 1992 Asphaug has primarily worked in...

, Bent Hamer

Bent Hamer

Bent Hamer is a film director, writer and producer, born in Sandefjord, Norway in 1956.-Biography:Hamer studied film theory and literature at the University of Stockholm and the Stockholm Film School. In addition to his feature films, he has written and directed a number of short films and...

 and Hans Petter Moland

Hans Petter Moland

Hans Petter Moland is a Norwegian film director. Hans Petter was the first born son of Odd Moland and Sigrid Eid Moland, and has a younger brother named Morten Moland. He is a film graduate from Emerson College in the United States. When living in Boston Hans Petter met a college student Elizabeth...

.

Øgaard has been commended for his tasteful and naturalistic lighting, and ability to effectively compose difficult shots, often utilising subtle but very precise movement.

Selected filmography

• 1988: Hotel St. Pauli
• 1988: Sweetwater
• 1989: En håndfull tid
  A Handful of Time
  A Handful of Time is a Norwegian film from 1989, directed by Martin Asphaug. Starring Espen Skjønberg, Camilla Strøm-Henriksen, Nicolay Lange-Nielsen and Bjørn Sundquist, the film also features Susannah York and Nigel Hawthorne....
  
  (A Handful of Time)
• 1990: Døden på Oslo S
  Døden på Oslo S
  Døden på Oslo S is a Norwegian film, released in 1990. The title literally meaning Death at Oslo Central Station, it is set in Oslo in the late eighties. It is based on a book by Ingvar Ambjørnsen from the book series Pelle og Proffen.-Plot:...
  
  (Death at Oslo Central)
• 1993: Telegrafisten
  The Telegraphist
  The Telegraphist is a 1993 Norwegian film directed by Erik Gustavson. It is based on the novel "The Dreamers" by Knut Hamsun. It stars Bjørn Floberg and Marie Richardson, as well as Kjersti Holmen, who won an Amanda for her role...
  
  (The Telegraphist)
• 1994: Ti kniver i hjertet
  Cross my Heart and Hope to Die
  Cross my Heart and Hope to Die is a Norwegian movie from 1994 directed by Marius Holst. It is loosely based on Lars Saabye Christensen's novel Gutten som ville være en av gutta.-Awards:...
  
  (Cross My Heart and Hope to Die)
• 1995: Kjærlighetens kjøtere
  Kjærlighetens kjøtere
  Kjærlighetens kjøtere is a 1995 Norwegian film starring Stellan Skarsgård, an actor known to English-speaking audiences from his roles in such films as Good Will Hunting.In 1920s Oslo, Henrik Larsen Kjærlighetens kjøtere (Zero Kelvin) is a 1995 Norwegian film starring Stellan Skarsgård, an actor...
  
  (Zero Kelvin)
• 1998: En dag til i solen (Water Easy Reach)
• 1998: Glassblåserens barn (The Glass-blower's Children)
• 2000: Aberdeen
  Aberdeen (film)
  Aberdeen is a 2000 drama film directed by Hans Petter Moland, starring Stellan Skarsgård, Lena Headey and Charlotte Rampling.-Cast:*Stellan Skarsgård - Tomas Heller*Jean Anderson - Young Kaisa*Lena Headey - Kairo 'Kaisa' Heller...
  
  
• 2002: Grabben i graven bredvid (The Guy in the Grave Next Door)
• 2003: Salmer fra kjøkkenet
  Kitchen Stories
  -Plot:Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson is assigned to study the habits of Isak Bjørvik . By the rules of the research institute, Folke has to sit on an umpire's chair in Isak's kitchen and observe him...
  
  (Kitchen Stories)
• 2003: Lille frk Norge (The Beast of Beauty)
• 2004: Andreaskorset (The Crossing)
• 2004: Min misunnelige frisør (My Jealous Barber)
• 2005: Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö (Kim Novak Never Swam in the Lake of Genesaret)
• 2006: Gymnaslærer Pedersen
  Gymnaslærer Pedersens beretning om den store politiske vekkelsen som har hjemsøkt vårt land
  Gymnaslærer Pedersens beretning om den store politiske vekkelse som har hjemsøkt vårt land is a novel by Dag Solstad published in 1982. The title translates as Gymnasium Teacher Pedersen's Account of the Great Political Awakening Which Has Haunted Our Country.The novel tells the story of the young...
  
  (Pedersen: High-School Teacher)

Awards

• 1988: The Film Critics' Award from Norsk Filmkritikerlag (Norwegian Critics' Guild), for Hotel St. Pauli and Sweetwater
• 1990: The Aamot-statuet, FILM&KINO honorary award
• 1999: Guldbagge
  Guldbagge Award
  The Guldbagge Award is an official Swedish film award awarded annually since 1964 by the Swedish Film Institute.-Etymology:Guldbagge is the Swedish name for Cetonia aurata, a beetle also known as rose chafer. The name of the award could also be interpreted as a play on the Swedish word skalbagge,...
  
   from Svensk filminstitutt (Swedish Film Institute) Guldbagge Awards, for The Glass-blower's Children
• 2000: Bronze Frog at the Camerimage festival, Poland, for Aberdeen
• 2003: Award for Best Cinematography at the Valladolid International Film Festival, for Kitchen Stories

External links