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name: "Lennert Hillege"
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tmdb_id: 935231
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
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# Lennert Hillege

## Identity

Lennert Hillege

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lennert-hillege
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lennert-hillege
- **TMDB ID:** 935231
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/935231

Cinematographer. Born in Netherlands.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/935231

## Biography

Lennert Hillege is a Dutch cinematographer. He trained at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy and has worked extensively in the Netherlands and internationally.

His credits include *Stricken* (2009), *Nova Zembla* (2011), *Tricked* (2012), *Prey* (2016), *The Possession of Hannah Grace* (2018), *The Forgotten Battle* (2021), *Occupied City* (2023) and *Santosh* (2024). He has also directed and written the feature *Bloody Marie* (2019).

Hillege has received multiple Golden Calf awards for Best Camera, including for *R U There* (2010), *Beyond Words* (2018) and *De Slag om de Schelde* (2021). He shot *Santosh* in rural India under extreme heat conditions.

*Sources: britishcinematographer.co.uk, imdb.com, filmfestival.nl.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Santosh* (2024), Fi1m 76, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/santosh.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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- *The Kollective* (2025), series, Director of Photography
- *Santosh* (2024), Director of Photography — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/santosh.md)
- *Occupied City* (2023), Director of Photography
- *When We Lost to the Germans* (2023), Director of Photography
- *The Forgotten Battle* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Mirage* (2021), Cinematography
- *Magic Mountains* (2020), Cinematography, Director of Photography
- *High Flyers* (2020), series, Director of Photography
- *Bloody Marie* (2019), Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography
- *Retrospekt* (2019), Director of Photography
- *The Possession of Hannah Grace* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Beyond Words* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Prey* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Growth* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Short* (2013), Cinematography
- *Daylight* (2013), Cinematography
- *The Resurrection of a Bastard* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Tricked* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Taped* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Nova Zembla* (2011), Director of Photography
- *The Secret Letter* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Stricken* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Stella's oorlog* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Can Go Through Skin* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Don* (2006), Cinematography
- *Northern Light* (2006), Cinematography
- *Winky's Horse* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Play With Me* (2002), Cinematography
- *Chalk* (2001), Cinematography
- *De legende van de Bokkerijders* (1994), series, Actor

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