Biography
Manuel Alberto Claro is a Chilean-Danish cinematographer. Born in Santiago, Chile, in 1970, he moved to Denmark in 1974. He graduated as a stills photographer from Milan’s Istituto Europeo di Design in 1994 and later studied cinematography at the National Film School of Denmark, graduating in 2001.
Claro is known for his collaborations with Lars von Trier on Melancholia (2011), Nymphomaniac (2013) and The House That Jack Built (2018). He has also worked extensively with director Christoffer Boe, including on Reconstruction (2003), which won the Caméra d’Or at Cannes, and Allegro (2005). Other credits include Top Five (2014) and additional photography on Another Round (2020).
He has received numerous awards, among them the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer for Melancholia, as well as Robert and Bodil awards.
