Julius Jaenzon

Birthday: 7/8/1885
Deathday: 2/17/1961
Place of birth: Göteborg, Göteborg- och Bohus län, Sweden
Fame for: Camera

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.