Eli Arenson

Eli Arenson is an Iceland based cinematographer known for A24's Lamb (2021), Lee Daniels' The Deliverance (2024) and Ishana Night Shyamalan's The Watchers (2024). He has also filmed the Cannes Special Mention winner Fár (2023) and numerous music videos and fashion projects with artists such as Björk, A$AP Rocky, Mark Ronson, Cher, Kim Kardashian and Zoë Kravitz. His work has been praised as "immersive and soulful... recalls the enigmatic style of Béla Tarr" (Roger Ebert), "starkly beautiful" (Variety) and "arrestingly cinematic" (THR). Arenson began as a war photographer in 2006-09. He is a graduate of the AFI Conservatory's MFA in Cinematography 2013-15. He was awarded the Icelandic Academy Award for Best Cinematography (2022), Best Cinematography in a Foreign Film at the Gianni di Venanzo Awards (2022) and has held Q+A's at Camerimage Festival.