Born: 1955, Oxford, UK. Moved to Denmark in 1985.

Education: London College of Printing [Photography, 1980-84]; Den Danske Filmskole [DDF]/National Film School of Denmark [1985-89].

Career: 'A late-blooming DP, he did not leave film school until he had turned 30, spending the early part of his twenties traveling the world. It was while in India that he began to recognize his growing love of stills photography. "My mum's a painter and my dad's a scientist," he explains, "and they were always trying me out with anything artistic everything from the piano to painting. When I came back from India I applied to the London College of Printing, got in and studied there for three years before getting my degree. So I started off in stills photography and then moved into film. I remember shooting my first film project on a CP-16 [Cinema Products Corporation] camera which was a little strange, a little box with a funny long lens and what looked like a spare tire balanced on top of it." Encouraged to pursue his growing fascination with film, Dod Mantle found himself in one of only five available places at the National Film School of Denmark, drawn to the country because of a vague, linguistic connection.' [From 'Exposure – The Magazine', Summer 2003.]

Ph commercials dir by Jens Mikkelsen, Julia Jason, a.o. Ph music videos. Appeared in the doc's 'ADM: DOP [Anthony Dod Mantle - Director of Photography]' [2003, Shari Roman; ph: John Bailey] & 'The Making of 'Dear Wendy'' [2003, Frank Stender]. Member of the DFF since 1989.

Awards: 'Robert' Festival Award [1996] for 'Menneskedyret'; Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [1998] & 'Robert' Festival Award [1999] for 'Festen'; Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [1999] & 'Robert' Award nom [2000] for 'Mifunes sidste sang'; 'Robert' Festival Award nom [2000] for 'Bornholms stemme'; Independent Spirit Award nom [2000] & Buenos Aires IFF 'ADF Award - Special Mention' [2000] for 'Julien Donkey-Boy'; European Film Award [2003] for 'Dogville' & '28 Days Later...'; Bodil 'Johan Ankerstjernes Cinematography Award' [2004]; 'Robert' Festival Award [2004] for 'It's All About Love'; Plus Camerimage 'Golden Frog' Award [2008], BAFTA Film Award [2008], 'Oscar' AA [2008] & ASC Film Award [2008] for 'Slumdog Millionaire'; ICFF Manaki Brothers 'Special Golden Camera 300' Award [2009] for outstanding contribution to the art of film.

Website: Anthony Dod Mantle

Anthony Dod Mantle: 'I don't like being called 'Mr. Dogme'. The soul, not the style, is what matters. Technique that does not become art is of no interest. People fear the new and unpredictable. It's difficult to understand why, because the language of cinema needs to be renewed. Every story has its form and now I've experimented with the Dogme method, I want to move on to something new. I get a lot of offers from America, but I want to keep my base in Denmark, where I do the odd commercial to keep my technique in trim and to enjoy a bit of family life. Major Hollywood projects which may offer dramatic technical challenges but have no interesting ideas or plots, are not what I want to waste my energy on. I'd much rather make films with a dedicated director who is seeking out new paths. Habits are there to be broken.'

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'Festen/The Celebration': 'I was more into the plot than the Dogme rules and about a week before shooting I got the feeling we were on the trail of something significant and exceptional. And then we had the happy experience of everything - plot, acting, cinematography - resolving into a greater whole. I felt as if I had become a member of the cast when I had to capture situations in a flash. What I had to do was create an emotional space with room for the uncontrollable.' [...] 'On that film I basically told the actors to go wherever they wanted, which was very confusing for them and rather amusing to watch. These very well trained actors are so used to coming into a room and knowing where the camera would be. I would tease them and lie to them, and say that I would be in one place, and when they actually come into the room I would deliberately stand somewhere else. I would deliberately place myself in near impossible situations to see what kind of energy that created. That was really one of the constants on that film, creating an odd vitality or energy in the camera that forces situations that would never normally occur.' [From article by Liselotte Michelsen & Morten Piil and from 'Exposure – The Magazine', Summer 2003.]

1989        See You Maybe [Birgitte Christensen] ?

1989        Kaj's fødselsdag/The Birthday Trip [Lone Scherfig] c; cph: Kim Hattesen

1990        Tale uden ord/Speechless [Poul Rude] c; doc/24m

1991        Jern Henrik [Albert Hytteballe Petersen] c; doc/41m

1991        Da natten forsvandt - et elektrisk eventyr/Edge of Darkness [Jens Loftager] ?; doc/18m

1991        Noget med mennesker - en film om hjemmehjælp i storbyen [Marianne Kjær] ?; doc/35m; cph: Niels Westh

1992        Die Terroristen!/The Terrorists! [Philip Gröning] 16mm-35bu/c; cph: Max Jonathan Silberstein

1992        Domestic Nightmares [Curtis Radclyffe] 16mm+dv/c; trailer for series comm by TVS

199?        Chike Stone [Curtis Radclyffe] s8+16mm+dv/c; mus doc/?m; prod Virgin Records

1993        Natskygger/Deadly Nightshade [Anthony Dod Mantle & Poul Rude] c; doc/51m

1994        Ord/Words [Jens Loftager] c; doc/48m; 1st part of trilogy; see 'Krig' (2002)

1994        Fra grønt til hvidt [Klaus Kjeldsen] BetaSP/c; doc/10m; cph: Bøje Lomholdt

1994        Den unsynlige kunst/Invisible Art [Cæcilia Holbek Trier] ?; doc/70m

1995        Menneskedyret/The Beast Within [Carsten Rudolf] c

1995        Operation Cobra [Lasse Spang Olsen] c; 2uc: Jens Schlosser

1995        Kun en pige/Just a Girl [Peter Schrøder] c; 2uc; ph: Dirk Brüel

1995        Love & Hate - European Stories [seg/15m 'The Letter' dir by Amir Rezazadeh] c; comp of 5 shorts; other ph: Hans

                    Welin, Edward Klosinski, Radoslav Vladic & Erik Poppe

1995        Velo negro/Drømmeslør [Arjanne Laan] c; doc/72m; cph: Bernd Wouthuysen

1996        De største helte/The Biggest Heroes [Thomas Vinterberg] c

1996        Fredens port/Portal to Peace [Thomas Stenderup] c; doc/30m

1996        Ska' vi være kærester?/Sweethearts [Birger Larsen] c; short/11m

1996        Amanda [Katrine Nyholm] c; doc/14m

1996        Det store flip/Wild Flowers [Niels Gråbøl] c

1997        Nonnebørn/Agnus Dei [Cæcilia Holbek Trier] c

1997        Tranceformer - A Portrait of Lars von Trier [Stig Björkman] b&w/c; doc/54m; cph: Björn Blixt & Jan Röed

1998        Festen/The Celebration [Thomas Vinterberg] dv-to-35mm/c; Dogme #1

1998        Mifunes sidste sang/Mifune/Mifune's Last Song [Søren Kragh-Jacobsen] 16mm-35bu/c; 2uc: Torben Forsberg;

                    Dogme #3

1998        Bille August - Manden og mediemaskinen [Peter Hjorth] ?; doc/?m

1999        Den onde cirkel [David Fox] c; doc/42m; cph: Morten Søborg

1999        Bornholms stemme/Gone with the Fish [Lotte Svendsen] c; 2uc: Eric Kress

1999        Manden med tubaen/The Man with the Tuba [Anders Gustafsson] BetaSP-to-35mm/c; short/22m

1999        julien donkey-boy [Harmony Korine] dv-to-35mm/c; Dogme #6

1999        Dancer in the Dark [Lars von Trier] DVcam-to-35mm/c; co-dance seq ph; ph: Robby Müller

2000        Jokes [seg #1 'Easter' dir by Gus Van Sant] DigiBeta/c; 3 seg (seg #2 & 3 were not filmed)

2000        Den förtrollade sonen/Fortabte sønner/Lost Sons [Fredrik von Krusenstjerna] c; doc/58m; cph: Peter Dörfler, Lars

                    Barthel, a.o.

2001        It's All About Love [Thomas Vinterberg] s35/c; addph: Eric Kress

2001        28 Days Later.../29 Days Later [Danny Boyle] mdv-to-35mm/c; 2uc: Thomas Townend; aph: Adam Dale

2002        Dogville [Lars von Trier] HD-to-35mm/c

2002        Krig/War [Jens Loftager] DigiBeta/c; doc/51m; 2nd part of trilogy; see 'Ord' (1994)

2002        Die große Stille/Into Great Silence [Philip Gröning] 8mm+HD-to-35mm/c; doc/164m; uncred co-2uc; ph: P. Gröning;

                    filmed Spring/Summer 2002 & Winter 2003

2002        Volkswagen - Zusammen [Alice Agneskirchner] HD-to-70mm/c; corporate doc/14m; cph: Benedict Neuenfels; 2uc:

                    Stefan Ciupek; for Autostadt, Wolfsburg

2003        The Sick House [Curtis Radclyffe] c; ph trailer (90") & promo (10m); filmed in November/December 2005 by doph Sam

                    McCurdy

2003        Små skred/Small Avalanches [Birgitte Stærmose Mortensen] c; short/15m

2003        Millions [Danny Boyle] c; 2uc: Daf Hobson; addph: Brian Tufano

2003        Dear Wendy [Thomas Vinterberg] HD-to-35mm/c

2004        Manderlay [Lars von Trier] HD-to-35mm scope/c

2004        Familien Gregersen/Lost Generation [Charlotte Sachs Bostrup] scope/c; co-addph; ph: Dirk Brüel

2004        Brothers of the Head [Keith Fulton & Louis Pepe] s16-35bu/c

2005        The Last King of Scotland [Kevin Macdonald] s16-35bu/c

2005        Trip to Asia [: Die Suche nach dem Einklang] [: The Quest for Harmony] [Thomas Grube] HD-to-35mm/c; mus

                    doc/108m; cph: René Dame & Alberto Venzago

2006        Istedgade/Principles of Attraction [Birgitte Stærmose] c; short/45m

2006        Sophie [Birgitte Stærmose] dv/c; short/14m

2006        En mand kommer hjem/A Man Comes Home [Thomas Vinterberg] scope/c

2006        Hjemve/Just Like Home [Lone Scherfig] scope/c

2007        Sveitabrúokaup/Country Wedding [Valdis Óskarsdóttir] HD scope/c

2007        Slumdog Millionaire [Danny Boyle] s35/c

2008        Antichrist [Lars von Trier] HD-to-35mm scope/c

2009        Das Schweigen [Baran bo Odar] 35mm scope/c; scheduled for June start

1999        En verdensomsejling under bordet [Maria Walbom] tvm

1999        D-dag [seg 'Lise' dir by Lars von Trier] tvm/dv; 4 seg

2001        Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise [Danny Boyle] tvm/75m/dv

2001        Strumpet [Danny Boyle] tvm/72m/dv

2008        Wallander [ep #1 'Sidetracked' & #3 'One Step Behind' dir by Philip Martin] 3-part series/HD; other ph: Jan Jonaeus

1995        Breaking the Waves [Lars von Trier] co-loc scout Scotland; ph: Robby Müller

1996        Ørnens øje/Eye of the Eagle [Peter Flinth] 2u co-c.asst; ph: Eric Kress

2002        Pagten/The Pact [Heidi Maria Faisst; short] cons doph; ph: Sebastian Winterø; prod DDF

2003        Bokseren [Daniel Espinosa; short] ph cons; ph: Camilla Hjelm Knudsen; prod DDF