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name: "Ulf Brantås"
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wikidata_id: "Q1231401"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "6 March 1957"
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# Ulf Brantås

## Identity

Ulf Brantås

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ulf-brantas
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ulf-brantas
- **IMDb ID:** nm0105308
- **TMDB ID:** 11232
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1231401
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1231401, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0105308/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11232

Cinematographer. Born 6 March 1957 in Vänersborg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 6 March 1957, Vänersborg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1231401, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0105308/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11232

## Biography

Ulf Brantås is a Swedish cinematographer born on 6 March 1957 in Vänersborg. He began his career at Roy Andersson Filmproduktion, where he worked on short films by Björn Runge between 1985 and 1989, and later photographed several of Runge’s feature films including *Harry och Sonja* (1996), *Om jag vänder mig om* (2003) and *Happy End* (2011).

His breakthrough came in 1989 with Carl Gustaf Nykvist’s *Kvinnorna på taket*, for which he shared the European Film Award for best cinematography. Brantås has had a long collaboration with director Lukas Moodysson, serving as director of photography on *Show Me Love* (1998), *Together* (2000), *Lilya 4-ever* (2002) and *We Are the Best!* (2013). He received a Guldbagge Award for *Lilya 4-ever*.

His other credits include *Stuart: A Life Backwards* (2007), *The Wife* (2017) and episodes of series such as *Love & Anarchy* (2020) and *Quicksand* (2019). He is a member of the Swedish Society of Cinematographers.

*Sources: imdb.com, svenskfilmdatabas.se, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Wife* (2017), Fi1m 74, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wife.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Midsummer Night* (2024), series, Director of Photography
- *Love & Anarchy* (2020), series, Director of Photography
- *Denmark* (2019), Director of Photography
- *The Wife* (2017), Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wife.md)
- *Nobel* (2016), series, Director of Photography
- *We Are the Best!* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Treasure Island* (2012), series, Director of Photography
- *Happy End* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Single Father* (2010), series, Director of Photography
- *Rob and Valentyna in Scotland* (2010), Director of Photography
- *10 Minute Tales* (2009), series, Director of Photography
- *Wuthering Heights* (2009), series, Director of Photography
- *Stuart: A Life Backwards* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Low Winter Sun* (2006), Camera Operator
- *Hawaii, Oslo* (2004), Director of Photography
- *May 33rd* (2004), series, Director of Photography
- *Daybreak* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Lilya 4-ever* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Together* (2000), Director of Photography, Cinematography
- *Raymond - sju resor värre* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Show Me Love* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Talk* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Harry & Sonja* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Blankt vapen* (1990), Director of Photography
- *The Women on the Roof* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Only We Can Love Like This* (1988), Grip

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- European Film Award for Best Cinematographer 1989: European Film Award for Best Cinematographer (won), for *The Women on the Roof*

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

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