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name: "Nicolaj Brüel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicolai-bruel"
fi1m_id: "nicolai-bruel"
imdb_id: "nm0117692"
tmdb_id: 1306460
wikidata_id: "Q38471507"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "19 August 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-03T01:29:39.513021+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."
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# Nicolaj Brüel

## Identity

Nicolaj Brüel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicolai-bruel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nicolai-bruel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0117692
- **TMDB ID:** 1306460
- **Wikidata ID:** Q38471507
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38471507, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0117692/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1306460

Cinematographer. Born 19 August 1965 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 19 August 1965, Copenhagen, Denmark
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** Nicolai Brüel
- **Frequently works with:** [Jean Labadie](https://film.one/person/jean-labadie.md), [Matteo Garrone](https://film.one/person/matteo-garrone.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 77 (2), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 73 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $22m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38471507, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0117692/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1306460

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Dogman*](https://film.one/film/dogman.md) (78), [*Pinocchio*](https://film.one/film/pinocchio-2019.md) (76)
- **Netflix:** [*House of Guinness*](https://film.one/tv/house-of-guinness.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Nicolai Brüel, also credited as Nicolaj Brüel, is a Danish cinematographer. He was born on 19 August 1965 in Copenhagen and is the son of cinematographer Dirk Brüel. He graduated from the National Danish Film School in 1991.

Brüel has worked extensively in feature films and television. His credits include *The Machine* (2013), *Dogman* (2018), *5 Is the Perfect Number* (2019), *Pinocchio* (2019), *The Hanging Sun* (2022) and *House of Guinness* (2025), on which he served as director of photography for five episodes. He has also shot numerous commercials and shorts.

*Sources: imdb.com, cameracrew.news, it.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *House of Guinness* (2025), Fi1m 74, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-guinness.md)
- *Pinocchio* (2019), Fi1m 76, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/pinocchio-2019.md)
- *Dogman* (2018), Fi1m 78, Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/dogman.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *House of Guinness* (2025), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-guinness.md)
- *The Hanging Sun* (2022), Director of Photography
- *The Castle of the Tarots* (2021), Cinematography
- *Pinocchio* (2019), Director of Photography — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/pinocchio-2019.md)
- *5 Is the Perfect Number* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Dogman* (2018), Director of Photography, Camera Operator — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/dogman.md)
- *The Machine* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Young Andersen* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Syrup* (1990), Actor
- *Another Mother*, Director of Photography

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- David di Donatello for Best Cinematography 2019: David di Donatello for Best Cinematography (won), for *Dogman*

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

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