Speakers


INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS

2025


Vilmos Zsigmond ASC lecturing at ODCC in 2013

All speakers for ODCC 2025 edition will be published latest on 20th November.



DAVE STUMP ASC

Emmy and OSCAR Award winner for technical achieve-ment, Chairman of the ASC Technical Committee Camera Subcommittee. Author of several books on cinema-tography and technology. Is one of the main leaders and contributors of the web magazine “Creative Cow”. Films he has worked on as VFX Supervisor includes: James Bond/Quantum of Solace, X-men, Star Trek and Batman. Member of Producers Guild of America, Visual effects Society and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

PHILIPPE ROS AFC

Philippe Ros, afc, is  a cinematographer, a Digital Imaging Supervisor, specialized, through workflows and ergonomics customizations, to provide solutions tailored to directors, producers, cinematographers special requests and demands. Philippe Ros is working closely with the Imago Committee for creative Technologies in Cinematography.


LARS PETTERSSON FSF

Born in Stockholm, Pettersson entered the Swedish film industry in the mid-1980s and started working as an assistant cameraman to distinguished cinematographers such as Lasse Björne, Tony Forsberg and Rune Ericson, and later as DoP has been active in promotional films, documentaries, short films and commercials. He is a Board member in the Swedish Society of Cinematographers, and he is the chair of the IMAGO Master Class Committee.



JOHN-ERLING HOLMENES FREDRIKSEN FNF

John-Erling is a Norwegian cinematographer specialising in feature films and TV drama. He won the Norwegian Golden Square twice, for his work on «Borderliner» and «Power Play», and received an Amanda nomination for the movie «Narvik». «Power Play» also won the main competition at Canneseries in 2023. He is a board member of the Norwegian society of cinematographers, and develops software in his spare time. 



CHRISTIAN WIEBERG-NIELSEN

is a senior colorist and Head of Color at Storyline Studios in Oslo. He serves on IMAGO’s Technical Committee, has lectured at the Norwegian Film School in Lillehammer, and is Storyline’s liaison to the COSI/NTNU Gjøvik program. Notable credits include work with Joachim Trier and the color grade on Dag Johan Haugerud’s Dreams, winner of the Golden Bear at Berlinale

Cinematography.

Dr CRISTINA BUSCH


Dr. CristinaBusch is a lawyer and expert in copyright and the working realities of audiovisual creatives, serving as Legal Advisor for the IMAGO Authorship and Working Conditions Committees. She contributed to the “Behind the Lens” survey. At the Oslo Digital Cinema Conference, she will present the survey findings and share her insights on the future of filmmaking with AI.



TONY COSTA AIP PhD


Award winning director and cinematographer. Head of the Lusofona University (Portugal) cinematography department.

He is one of the founders of the Portuguese Film Academy and of the Portuguese Society of Cinematographers where he keeps a seat in the board of directories.



JAN CHRISTIAN FRUGÅRD


JAN CHRISTIAN FRUGÅRD is a director who has developed AI workflows through practical testing for the company Kreativ KI. As a director, he has explored how AI tools can support creative processes. He has tested AI solutions for script development, research, planning, and visualisation.



STEPHEN LIGHTHILL ASC


Stephen Lighthill, ASC, is chair of the Cinematography Masters’ program at the American Film Institute Conservatory. In that role, he leads two Second-Year production seminars.  He began his career in Cinema-tography in documentaries and transitioned to features and TV series. He was President of the American Society Of Cinematographers, 2012-2013, and 2020-2023.

ERIC HASSO


Director of In Camera Visual Effects and founder of Igelkott Studios in Stockholm, specializing in projection based virtual production with his trade mark One Lens 360 driving plates and Barco powered car process stages. Since 2019 he has been one of the main advocates for high end projector based ICVFX, building a complete workflow that lets cinematographers shoot complex car work and city backgrounds.

MIGA BÄR


Miga Bär graduated in 2008 at the Utrecht University of the Arts and after working as postproduction supervisor. In 2018 Miga joined Netflix to manage the Production Technology team for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Now working as a workflow and postproduction consultant across the globe and serves as teacher at The Netherlands Film Academy. 


KURT BRAZDA AAC


Prof. Mag.Kurt Brazda AAC,

Cinematographer from 1970. Co-founder and President of Austrian Association of Cinematographers AAC (1984 to 2009), Co-founder and former vice president of the Austrian Collecting Society VDFS. Former President of the Austrian Film Archive of the Labor Movement. Kurt is today the Chair of the IMAGO Working Conditions Committee.


ALEKSEJ BERKOVIC


Aleksej Berkovic is a cinematographer, designer of projects and technologies in various fields of cinematography, including lighting technologies and devices, optical instruments, studio complexes. Together with Philippe Ros and David Stamp, he is Co-Chairman of the IMAGO Technical Committee.


CHARLES POYNTON


Charles Poynton is a researcher in imaging and colour science working in video/HD/UHD/4K/HDR/HDR/D‑cinema. He contributed to the development of color-spaces such as BT.709/ BT.1886, DCI P3, ACES AP0/AP1, and BT.2020; he was responsible for the introduction of the Adobe RGB colourspace.  His PhD thesis IN 2018 was entitled, “Colour Appearance Issues in Digital Video, HD/UHD, and D‑cinema.”


DANIEL LISTH


European Cinema Business Development Manager

Daniel is an expert in the field of cinema cameras from SONY and acts as a liaison between the projects and Japan. Daniel works closely with DoP’s, Rental, Post, Production, Associations and Third-party manufacturers who require his assistance.



PIA TJELTA


Pia Tjelta is a powerhouse among Norwegian film actors, internationally recognized for her work in movies like «Blind Spot» and most recently «Don’t Call Me Mama» which won her a Best Actress award at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2025. Blind Spot also earned her an Amanda award in 2019, and semented her position as a leading star in Norway with an ongoing career that spans more than two decades  ( Photo: Birgit Solheim )


HALFDAN ULLMANN TØNDEL

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel is a Norwegian director who achieved widespread recognition for his debut feature film «Armand», winning a Camera d’Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. He went on to win European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI for the same film at the European Film Awards, and a nomination for Best Director and Best Feature film at the 2025 Norwegian Amanda awards.


LAURA HILLIARD

Laura Hilliard is an American cinema-tographer and educator based between Manchester, London, and New York.  She shoots primarily on Celluloid. Currently she is working alongside Steve Wyatt to develop a new 65mm camera with Logmar camera solutions.  


STEVEN WYATT

Steven Wyatt is a Cinema-tographer, his concentration is narrative film making shooting short films and features.

Trained at Northern Film School gaining an BA & MA in Film Production.

Steven has since worked for numerous production companies shooting commercial, digital content and music videos. His work as a co-cinematographer on Gabrielle Russell’s feature film ‘The Reckoning or Erin Morrigan’ debuted at Galway film festival 2025.


MARKO 

MLADENOVIC   SAS

Marko Mladenović SAS,

is a cinematographer, member of Serbian society of cinematographers, whose work is focused on clarity, consistency, and a grounded approach to image-making. His latest work on long-form project “A time of death” gave him the opportunity to commit to a more intentional, patient style of cinematography.

JOAKIM TUTTUREN

is a Norwegian gaffer who grew up in Japan and South Korea before returning to Norway to study at Westerdals. He has collaborated closely with cinematographer Michael Mark Lanham on projects including the feature film Gro’s Garden and the TV series Pushover, while also working with a variety of other directors and cinema-tographers across narrative and commercial productions.


MICHAEL MARK LANHAM FNF

Michael Mark Lanham FNF

is an English–Norwegian Director of Photography based in Oslo and working internationally. His debut feature, A Human Position, premiered at the Tromsø International Film Festival before screening at Rotterdam, Chicago, and San Sebastián.


STEVE YEDLIN ASC

is a cinematographer and an innovator in color science and lighting. His collaboration with writer/ director Rian Johnson has yielded feature films like the Knives Out franchise, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Looper, The Brothers Bloom, and Brick, as well as the Emmy-nominated TV show Poker Face. Yedlin develops tools that use nuances of color science, lighting technology, and engineering. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.