Jesper Tøffner

Jesper is one of the few Cinematographers awarded with "Klukprisen" by DFF- The Danish Association of Cinematographers, an award given to a cinematographer who excel in their field of work. Among his latest work is the fictional biopic MEDIEVAL telling the story about the 15th century legendary Czech general Jan Zizka, starring o.a. Ben Foster and Sir Michael Caine. An US/Czech co-production shot in, and around, Prague. This just after he finished the WW1 drama A WAR WITHIN a co-production between Denmark, Germany and The Czech Republic. prior to this he shot Ole Bornedal's THE WAY TO MANDALAY and Thomas Vinterberg's THE COMMUNE. THE COMMUNE was selected in Competition for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin Film Festival, and it was nominated Best Cinematography by The Danish Film Academy.. He also made the cinematic concept on various successful series for both tv and streaming a.o. the first Danish Netflix Original series THE RAIN directed by Kenneth Kainz. His first feature APPLAUS directed by Martin zandvliet won the Label Europa Cinemas at Karlov Vary International Film Festival. After that he DP'ed DIRCH the most seen feature film in Danish cinema that year, it was nominated Best Cinematography by The Danish Film Academy.