---
name: "Sjur Aarthun"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sjur-aarthun"
fi1m_id: "sjur-aarthun"
imdb_id: "nm0007517"
tmdb_id: 67001
wikidata_id: "Q22249826"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "31 May 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T04:35:16.719935+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."
---

# Sjur Aarthun

## Identity

Sjur Aarthun

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sjur-aarthun
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sjur-aarthun
- **IMDb ID:** nm0007517
- **TMDB ID:** 67001
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22249826
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22249826, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007517/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67001

Cinematographer. Born 31 May 1967.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 31 May 1967
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22249826, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007517/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67001

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Tunnel*](https://film.one/film/the-tunnel.md) (54)

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## Biography

Sjur Aarthun is a Norwegian cinematographer and editor. He worked as both cinematographer and editor on the disaster thriller *The Tunnel* (2019).

His editing credits include *Kraken* (2026), *Dark Windows* (2023), *NightMare* (2022) and *Dark Woods II* (2015). As cinematographer he has worked on films including *Dark Woods II* (2015) and *Leave* (2022), as well as television series such as *Pørni* (2021–2024) and *Home Ground* (2018). He received an Amanda Award nomination for Best Cinematography for *Dark Woods II*.

Aarthun co-founded the production company Handmade Films in Norwegian Woods in 2013.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, cineuropa.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Tunnel* (2019), Fi1m 54, Director of Photography, Editor, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tunnel.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Kraken* (2026), Director of Photography, Editor
- *Dark Windows* (2023), Editor
- *Leave* (2022), Director of Photography
- *NightMare* (2022), Editor
- *Pernille* (2021), series, Director of Photography
- *The Tunnel* (2019), Director of Photography, Editor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-tunnel.md)
- *Catching the Flame* (2019), Editor, Director of Photography
- *Home Ground* (2018), series, Director of Photography
- *Voyager* (2017), Editor, Cinematography
- *Dark Woods II* (2015), Editor, Director of Photography
- *The Vanishing Act of Einar* (2015), Director of Photography
- *UpsideDown* (2014), Editor, Director of Photography
- *Kampen om Hardanger* (2014), Cinematography
- *Lars Hertervig: The frenzy of light* (2013), Editor
- *Hidden* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Familien Bergs erfaringer* (2008), Editor
- *SOS: Summer of Suspense* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Svein and the Rat and the UFO-Mystery* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Trigger* (2006), Editor
- *Boys Will Be Boys* (2006), series, Cinematography
- *Ran* (2005), series, Cinematography
- *Dark Woods* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Falling Sky* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Stop* (1999), Editor, Director of Photography
- *The Well*, Cinematography, Storyboard

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