Mattias Troelstrup

Mattias Troelstrup, DFF studied still photography from an early age. He has worked as a freelance cinematographer for all the major production companies in Copenhagen. When he came to the American Film Institute in 2008, he was already one of Danish National Television's leading documentary cinematographers, and had included in his application a fictional short film entitled SEE YOU, which would later be shortlisted for an Academy Award. During Mattias' time at AFI he shadowed DP Michael Goi, ASC and Lance Acord, ASC during their work on feature films and commercials, respectively.

Upon graduating from AFI, Mattias received his first Plus Camerimage nomination in 2010 for his work on AFI short film, CLEAR BLUE, under Student Competition. That same year, Daily Variety cited him as a Cinematographer to watch.

His film ELECTRICK CHILDREN, a beautifully shot coming of age drama directed by Variety's top ten directors to watch, Rebecca Thomas, earned Mattias his second Plus Camerimage nomination for Best Cinematography in 2012. The film was also successfully received at 2012 SXWS Film Festival. Mattias shot Jared Hess's 2015 Sundance film, DON VERDEAN and Eva Husson's BANG GANG which premiered at TIFF also in 2015. His most recent feature is THE FOREST directed by Jason Zada for which he has been favorably reviewed across the board for his stunning cinematography.

Mattias is currently working on numerous international commercials and music videos for companies such as Pulse Films, Biscuit Filmworks, Stink and Community Films.