---
name: "Kjell Lagerroos"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kjell-lagerroos"
fi1m_id: "kjell-lagerroos"
imdb_id: "nm0481256"
tmdb_id: 564566
wikidata_id: "Q11871928"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "29 September 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:29:35.451420+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."
---

# Kjell Lagerroos

## Identity

Kjell Lagerroos

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kjell-lagerroos
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kjell-lagerroos
- **IMDb ID:** nm0481256
- **TMDB ID:** 564566
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11871928
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11871928, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0481256/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/564566

Cinematographer. Born 29 September 1962 in Kemiö, Finland.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 29 September 1962, Kemiö, Finland
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11871928, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0481256/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/564566

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Sisu*](https://film.one/film/sisu.md) (70)

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sisu* (2022), Fi1m 70, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/sisu.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Sisu* (2022), Director of Photography — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/sisu.md)
- *Memory of Water* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Invisible Hero* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Body of Water* (2011), Director of Photography
- *December Heat* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Rancid* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Kites Over Helsinki* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Ambush* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Fire-Eater* (1998), Director of Photography
- *The Last Contract* (1998), Director of Photography
- *The Hunters* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Like It Never Was Before* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Anita* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Dreaming of Rita* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Daddy and the Muscle Academy* (1991), Cinematography
- *Friends, Comrades* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Homebound* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Dildo* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Tropic of Ice – Jään kääntöpiiri* (1987), as Lighting Technician
- *Linna* (1986), Gaffer
- *Harmagedon* (1986), Gaffer
- *Valkoinen kääpiö* (1986), Second Assistant Camera

## Awards

### Other awards — 5 won

- Sitges Film Festival Best cinematography 2022: Sitges Film Festival Best cinematography (won), for *Sisu*
- Jussi Award for Best Photography 2000: Jussi Award for Best Photography (won), for *Ambush*
- Finnish National Prize 1999: Finnish National Prize (won)
- Jussi Award for Best Photography 1999: Jussi Award for Best Photography (won), for *Fire-Eater*
- Finnish State Prize for Cinema 1992: Finnish State Prize for Cinema (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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