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name: "Manuel Alberto Claro"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/manuel-alberto-claro"
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imdb_id: "nm0993994"
tmdb_id: 41909
wikidata_id: "Q984522"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "3 April 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-30T20:01:04.967883+00:00"
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# Manuel Alberto Claro

## Identity

Manuel Alberto Claro

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/manuel-alberto-claro
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** manuel-alberto-claro
- **IMDb ID:** nm0993994
- **TMDB ID:** 41909
- **Wikidata ID:** Q984522
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Alberto_Claro, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984522, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0993994/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41909

Cinematographer. Born 3 April 1970 in Santiago del Cile, Cile.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 3 April 1970, Santiago del Cile, Cile
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Alberto_Claro, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984522, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0993994/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41909

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Melancholia*](https://film.one/film/melancholia.md) (80)

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## 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.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, variety.com, filmquarterly.org, dfi.dk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Another Round* (2020), Fi1m 80, Additional Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/another-round.md)
- *Melancholia* (2011), Fi1m 80, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/melancholia.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

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

- *DAU* (2026), Director of Photography
- *The Girl with the Leica* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Home* (2026), Director of Photography
- *The Islanders* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Cut* (2024), Cinematography
- *When in Rome* (2024), Cinematography
- *Chorus Girls* (2023), series, Cinematography
- *The Cake Dynasty* (2023), Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- *The Pact* (2021), Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- *Persona Non Grata* (2021), Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- *Another Round* (2020), Additional Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/another-round.md)
- *Gourmet* (2020), Director of Photography
- *DAU. Cinema* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Scandinavian Star* (2020), series, as Head of Layout
- *Hope* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Face to Face* (2019), series, Cinematography
- *The House That Jack Built* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Maja* (2018), Cinematography
- *The Domestics* (2018), Director of Photography
- *The Untamed* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Ditte & Louise* (2015), series, Cinematography
- *Top Five* (2014), Director of Photography
- *The Arms Drop* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Nymphomaniac: Vol. I* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Nymphomaniac: Vol. II* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Little Duck* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Sex, Drugs & Taxation* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Kill* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Rebounce* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Melancholia* (2011), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/melancholia.md)
- *Limbo* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Everything Will Be Fine* (2010), Actor
- *Videocracy* (2009), Director of Photography, Cinematography
- *The Candidate* (2008), Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- *The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar III: The Mystery of the Snake Crown* (2008), Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- *The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar II* (2007), Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- *Snart kommer tiden* (2006), Cinematography
- *Twinkle Twinkle Little Star* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Dark Horse* (2005), Director of Photography
- *My Dad Is a Champ* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Visions of Europe* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Scratch* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Reconstruction* (2003), Director of Photography
- *The Boy Below* (2003), Cinematography
- *The Kingdom* (1994), series, Cinematography
- *The Extremists*, Director of Photography
- *Macbeth*, Cinematography
- *No Man's Land*, Director of Photography

## Awards

### Other awards — 9 won

- Robert Award for Best Cinematography 2019: Robert Award for Best Cinematography (won), for *The House That Jack Built*
- Robert Award for Best Cinematography 2015: Robert Award for Best Cinematography (won), for *Nymphomaniac*
- The Carl Theodor Dreyer Prize 2014: The Carl Theodor Dreyer Prize (won)
- Bodil Award for Best Cinematographer 2012: Bodil Award for Best Cinematographer (won), for *Rebounce*
- Robert Award for Best Cinematography 2012: Robert Award for Best Cinematography (won), for *Melancholia*
- Amanda Award for Best Cinematography 2011: Amanda Award for Best Cinematography (won), for *Limbo*
- European Film Award for Best Cinematographer 2011: European Film Award for Best Cinematographer (won), for *Melancholia*
- Bodil Award for Best Cinematographer 2006: Bodil Award for Best Cinematographer (won), for *Allegro*
- Robert Award for Best Cinematography 2006: Robert Award for Best Cinematography (won), for *Allegro*

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

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