
Julius Jaenzon
Birth Date
7/8/1885 (Age 75)Birth Place
Göteborg, Göteborg- och Bohus län, SwedenDeath Date
2/17/1961Departments
Biography
Julius Jaenzon (8 July 1885 – 17 February 1961) was a Swedish cinematographer, essential in the early Swedish silent cinema. He is most known for his collaborations with directors Victor Sjöström and Mauritz Stiller, particularly in adaptions of novels by Selma Lagerlöf. Especially the accuracy with which he mastered the double exposure, for example in The Phantom Carriage, was much admired at the time.
Best Known For
Frequent Collaborators

Victor Sjöström
6 films together

Mauritz Stiller
2 films together

Greta Garbo
1 film together

Sam Ask
1 film together

Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius
1 film together

Hilda Borgström
1 film together









