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Morten Skallerud

Cinematographer · Born July 14, 1954 (72)

Morten Skallerud is a Norwegian cinematographer and film director. He runs Camera Magica, a film production company in Oslo.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 14, 1954 (72)
Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 25 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 22% in 30 days

What are Morten Skallerud's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
48%
Bonds
31%
Morality
15%
Ideas
6%
Community5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 5 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 4 · Charged 1 · Intense 0

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

Steady 5 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 4 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
4
Joyful
5
Hopeful
2
Tense
1

How their films linger

Feel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy5

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 Morten Skallerud's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Morten Skallerud'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

25 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.

  • Three Robbers and a Lion(2022)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Mother Didn't Know (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Cinematographer

  • Louis & Luca - Mission to the Moon(2018)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Dyrene i Hakkebakkeskogen(2016)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Louis & Luca - The Big Cheese Race(2015)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Louis & Luca and the Snow Machine(2013)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Tanakh Bibelen al-Quran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Cinematographer

  • Where the Trains Used to Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Editor · Producer

  • The Salt Mill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Cinematographer

  • Danish Girls Show Everything (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director

  • Hvorfor akkurat her? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Cinematographer · Writer

  • Mons the Cat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Cinematographer

  • Ten thousand years under the ground (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Director · Cinematographer · Writer

  • Stella Polaris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Special Effects

  • A Year Along the Abandoned Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Director · Writer

  • A Handful of Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Second Unit Director of Photography

  • Norway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Cinematographer

  • Zinoberveien (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Cinematographer

  • Aniara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Animation

  • Something Completely Different (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    First Assistant Camera

  • Winter Solstice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Director

  • Footprints of a Love Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Director

  • La elva leve! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Cinematographer · as Morten, TV-fotograf

  • The White Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Director

  • Geometrisk dans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Director · Animation · Producer · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 25 titles from 1972 to 2022.

Biggest box office

Louis & Luca and the Snow Machine (2013)

$12M worldwide

Highest rated

Dyrene i Hakkebakkeskogen (2016)

Midcredits 75th

Most popular right now

Three Robbers and a Lion (2022)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 25: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting9 of 25: 4 only directing, 5 with another roleWriting4 of 25: 0 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing2 of 25: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleCinematography15 of 25: 12 only cinematography, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndEditing1 of 25: 0 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew4 of 25: 3 only other crew, 1 with another role

25 titles, 6 with more than one role — cinematography and directing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1970s2 · crew1980s8 · 1 acting · 8 crew1990s6 · crew2000s3 · crew2010s4 · crew2020s2 · 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 Morten Skallerud's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th4

Shape of the crowd

None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 5 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser5

Most loved · cinematographer

Dyrene i Hakkebakkeskogen (2016)

Midcredits 75th · 67% liked

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.

Who does Morten Skallerud work with?

People who share at least 2 of Morten Skallerud's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rasmus A. Sivertsen shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers