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Mikael Salomon

Mikael Salomon

Director, cinematographer and producer · Born February 24, 1945 (81) · Copenhagen, Denmark

Mikael Salomon is a Danish filmmaker and cinematographer. After a long career in Denmark, he moved to Hollywood in the late 1980s. He has been nominated for an Oscar twice.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 24, 1945 (81)
From
Copenhagen, Denmark
Works as
Director, cinematographer and producer
Titles
46 on MovieCove · 80 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 1% in 30 days

What are Mikael Salomon's films like?

Across their 32 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Adventure4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
25%
Self
23%
Morality
20%
Survival
16%
Society
6%
Power
6%
Ideas
4%
Family bonds10 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival8 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice7 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 28 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 18 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 18 · Intense 8

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 15 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 20 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 10 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 5 · Affecting 16 · Heavy 7

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 22 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
23
Melancholic
13
Dread
9
Romantic
7
Hopeful
9
Other
29

How their films linger

Hopeful14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet14
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous7
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Mikael Salomon's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 46 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Mikael Salomon's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

80 credits, 46 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Long Road Home(2017)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Valor(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows

  • The Expanse(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Blood & Oil(2015)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows

  • Powers(2015)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Big Driver(2014)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Drew Peterson: Untouchable(2012)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Freezer(2014)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Coma(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all shows

  • Blue Lagoon: The Awakening(2012)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Falling Skies(2011)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Camelot(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • The Lost Future(2010)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Unnatural History (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 13 episodes · Director · Producer

  • Who Is Clark Rockefeller?(2010)

    Director · Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Hawthorne(2009)

    Show 30 episodes · Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows

  • Natalee Holloway(2009)

    Director · Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Flirting with Forty(2008)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Rhapsody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Executive Producer

  • Terra Incognita: Making the Andromeda Strain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • The Andromeda Strain(2008)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Co-Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • Fallen III: The Destiny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director

  • The Company (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 3 episodes · Director · Creator

  • Fallen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show Creator

  • Fallen(2006)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Over There(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Rome(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Grid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • Salem's Lot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor(2003)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Agency (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • Young Arthur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Alias(2001)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • The Agency (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Band of Brothers(2001)

    Show 10 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • A Glimpse of Hell(2001)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Fugitive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Sole Survivor(2000)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Aftershock: Earthquake in New York(1999)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · Creator

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows

  • Hard Rain(1998)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Nash Bridges(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • A Far Off Place(1993)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Space Rangers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Far and Away(1992)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Backdraft(1991)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Arachnophobia(1990)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Always(1989)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Abyss(1989)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Torch Song Trilogy(1988)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Zelly & Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Cinematographer

  • Stealing Heaven(1988)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Once a Cop... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 6 episodes · Cinematographer

  • The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains(1987)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Oviri(1986)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Early Spring(1986)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • De flyvende djævle(1985)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Det begyndte med Mathilde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Cinematographer

  • Elvis! Elvis! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Cinematographer

  • Copper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Cinematographer

  • På flykt undan mina landsmän (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Cinematographer

  • Only the Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Cinematographer

  • Around the World with Fanny Hill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Cinematographer

  • Bedside Highway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Cinematographer

  • Dead Planet(1972)

    Additional Photography

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Chinese Ping-Pong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Cinematographer

  • Hvorfor gør de det?(1971)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Tintomara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Cinematographer

  • Threesome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Cinematographer

  • Daddy, Darling(1970)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Famous Five Get in Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Cinematographer

  • Five and the Spies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Cinematographer

  • Capriccio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Cinematographer

  • Min søsters børn vælter byen(1968)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • De forsvundne breve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Cinematographer

  • Om ti minutter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Cinematographer

  • Søskende (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Cinematographer

  • Grænseland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Camera Operator

  • Mord for åbent tæppe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Additional Camera

Career shape

A full career of 76 titles from 1964 to 2017.

Biggest box office

Backdraft (1991)

$152M worldwide

Highest rated

Torch Song Trilogy (1988)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

The Abyss (1989)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing43 of 76: 34 only directing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score36thProducing8 of 76: 1 only producing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score29thCinematography28 of 76: 28 only cinematography, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score64thOther crew6 of 76: 4 only other crew, 2 with another role

76 titles, 9 with more than one role.

By decade

1960s7 · crew1970s14 · crew1980s7 · crew1990s8 · crew2000s24 · crew2010s16 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Mikael Salomon's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 42nd percentile, the median of all 29; across their 28 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Approval · how many liked their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Reach · how many have seen their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Midcredits score across 46 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th19
  • Below 25th10

Shape of the crowd

21 of their 46 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed21

Most divisive · director, producer

Hawthorne (2009)

82nd percentile spread · 25% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Band of Brothers (2001)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 65/100 and the pacing 49/100 in their films, across 23 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Mikael Salomon's work okay for kids?

Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, frightening / intense runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore8 titles22–77 · median 51 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity10 titles15–59 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles27–66 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles12–37 · median 27 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles26–81 · median 60 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Mikael Salomon work with?

People who share at least 2 of Mikael Salomon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jon Joffin shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles