---
name: "Jan Jonaeus"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jan-jonaeus"
fi1m_id: "jan-jonaeus"
imdb_id: "nm1159334"
tmdb_id: 1784443
wikidata_id: "Q113453906"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T18:35:00.385500+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jan Jonaeus

## Identity

Jan Jonaeus

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jan-jonaeus
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jan-jonaeus
- **IMDb ID:** nm1159334
- **TMDB ID:** 1784443
- **Wikidata ID:** Q113453906
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113453906, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1159334/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1784443

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1964 in Gothenburg.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1964, Gothenburg
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Julian Holmes](https://film.one/person/julian-holmes.md), [Niall MacCormick](https://film.one/person/niall-maccormick.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 77 (1), 2010s 76 (1), 2020s 78 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 4, Drama 4, Action & Adventure 2, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113453906, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1159334/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1784443

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Criminal Record*](https://film.one/tv/criminal-record.md) (81), [*Spooks*](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md) (77), [*The Victim*](https://film.one/tv/the-victim.md) (76)
- **Netflix:** [*Legends*](https://film.one/tv/legends.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jan Jonaeus is a Swedish cinematographer. Born in Gothenburg, he studied at Fotohögskolan.

He has worked as director of photography on British and Swedish television series and films, including *Criminal Record* (2024), *Legends* (2026), *Vera*, *The Mallorca Files*, the *Beck* series, *Spooks* and *Hooten & The Lady*.

*Sources: imdb.com, svenskfilmdatabas.se, saraputt.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Legends* (2026), Fi1m 74, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/legends.md)
- *Criminal Record* (2024), Fi1m 81, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-record.md)
- *The Victim* (2019), Fi1m 76, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-victim.md)
- *Spooks* (2002), Fi1m 77, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Legends* (2026), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/legends.md)
- *Criminal Record* (2024), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-record.md)
- *Second Act* (2023), Camera Operator
- *The Mallorca Files* (2019), series, Director of Photography
- *The Victim* (2019), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-victim.md)
- *Beck 36 - The Thin Ice* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Beck 35 - Your Own Blood* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Hooten & The Lady* (2016), series, Director of Photography
- *Doctor Thorne* (2016), series, Director of Photography
- *Beck 32 - Steinar* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Beck 31 - Gunvald* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Safe House* (2015), series, Director of Photography
- *Beck 28 - The Family* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Beck 27 - Room 302* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Fröken Frimans krig* (2013), series, Director of Photography
- *Roses, Kisses and Death* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Complicit* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Borderland* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Albatross* (2011), Director of Photography
- *The Song of Lunch* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Transit* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Spooks* (2002), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Beck* (1999), series, Director of Photography

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