Johan Ankerstjerne

A watchmaker from Randers who entered the fledgling cinema world in 1907 soon shifted from operating the town’s first theater to filming short documentaries, and by early 1911 he was on trial as a photographer for Nordisk Film. Rapidly promoted to feature-film cameraman, he became August Blom’s preferred director of photography, contributing to the hit Atlantis (1913) and establishing a reputation… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources