Known for Camera
Hoyte van Hoytema ASC (Dutch: [ˈɦɔitə vɑnˈɦɔitəmaː]; born 4 October 1971) is a Dutch-Swedish cinematographer. Renowned for his handheld camera work and for shooting primarily on film, he has received two Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography, for the Christopher Nolan–directed films Dunkirk (2017) and Oppenheimer (2023), winning the Oscar for the latter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hoyte van Hoytema, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
October 4, 1971 (age 54)
Birthplace
Horgen, Switzerland
Filmography
35 films, 6 shows


The Odyssey
2026 · 2h 53m
country: United Kingdom
Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.


Oppenheimer
2023 · 3h 1m
country: United Kingdom
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.


Nope
2022 · 2h 10m
country: United States
Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.


Tenet
2020 · 2h 30m
country: United Kingdom
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.


Ad Astra
2019 · 2h 3m
country: Brazil
The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.


One Last Try
2018 · 7m
country: Norway
Iris, a single mother is rushing home from the night shift at the hospital to get the kids off to school. She's caught speeding, and gets fined with a considerable amount of money she absolutely doesn't have.


Dunkirk
2017 · 1h 47m
country: United Kingdom
The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.


Spectre
2015 · 2h 28m
country: United Kingdom
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.


Fara Fara
2015 · 13m
country: Congo
The film follows the performative duel, or fara fara (meaning face-to-face in Lingala) between two of the DRC’s biggest stars, Koffi Olomide and Werrason. Papa Wemba announces the face-off to an enormous gathering at two adjacent stages where the superstars and their entourages compete in an epic test of musical endurance and style to see who can win by playing the longest.


Interstellar
2014 · 2h 49m
country: United Kingdom
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.


Her
2013 · 2h 6m
country: United States
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.


Call Girl
2012 · 2h 20m
country: Sweden
Stockholm, late 1970s. Within a stone’s throw of government buildings and juvenile homes lies the seductive world of sex clubs, discotheques and private residences. Call Girl tells the story of how young Iris is recruited from the bottom of society into a ruthless world where power can get you anything.


Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011 · 2h 7m
country: Germany
George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears.


The Fighter
2010 · 1h 56m
country: United States
Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.


Bad Faith
2010 · 1h 42m
country: Sweden
A disturbed woman and a violent lunatic walk the same path in this thriller from Swedish director Kristian Petri. Monia is a businesswoman who has been hired to work for a large corporation based in Gothenburg. One evening, while having drinks with her colleagues, Monia steps outside for some air and she happens upon a man who has been brutally stabbed by a serial killer on the loose. Monia, who feels a curious emotional distance from the world around her, isn't sure what to make of this incident at first, but she can't get the violent image out of her mind, and over the next several days she keeps stumbling upon victims of the killer's handiwork. No one finds any of this remarkable besides her friend Frank, but in time she begins crossing paths with a curious man who seems to appear at the same crimes scenes she observes.


A Father's Music
2009 · 1h 45m
country: Germany
Famed Austrian conductor Otmar Suitner's affair with a much younger woman resulted in a divided life - he had two different families separated by the Berlin Wall. When Suitner's grown son rediscovers and reclaims his father's past - including rare footage of his performances - secrets are uncovered and startling new memories created.


Doktor Glas
2009 · 1h 20m
country: Sweden
Doktor Glas face ethical complications when a woman, Helga Gregorius, asks for help in preventing her husband, the disgusting Pastor Gregorius, to have sex with her.


The Girl
2009 · 1h 35m
country: Sweden
Story of a ten-year-old girl left alone in her house in the summer of 1981.


Let the Right One In
2008 · 1h 55m
country: Germany
When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.


Pistvakt
2005 · 1h 31m
country: Sweden
Three middle aged brothers is living home in a Godforsaken skiing resort in the northernmost part of Sweden and sees their life change when their father dies, and the mother going off on a holiday to Spain.


Chlorox, Ammonium and Coffee
2004 · 1h 43m
country: Norway
On a hot summer's day, pregnant single mom and fishing disc clerk Maria needs a lot of money. She robs Jesus, and nothing becomes the same in the small community.
Tarifa Traffic: Death in the Straits of Gibraltar
Tarifa Traffic: Death in the Straits of Gibraltar
2003 · 1h
country: Unknown
Thousands of migrants who, by dint of rubber boats, illegally cross the straits between Morocco and Spain, change a landscape and its inhabitants.


The Black Lapp
2003 · 1h 27m
country: Norway
Anna lives with her father Karl someplace in the outskirts of northern Norway. Karl killed his ex-wife and threw her newborn coloured child into the sea when he discovered that she obviously had been unfaithful. Now Karl is being haunted by her ghost and is developing a serious drinking problem. Anna is looking for the love of her life, but there aren't many bachelors around - until they discovers another small family on the other side of the mountain. They meet a semi-alcoholized widow on Karl's age, her son Peder, and her black adopted son, Ante, that arrived from the sea on a piece of wood.
Get Lost
Get Lost
2001 · 46m
country: Zambia
Follows a day in the life of a group of street children in Lusaka, the capitol of Zambia.