August Jakobsson | DOPGenesis GV70
August Jakobsson | DOP
Genesis GV70

Genesis GV70

Ford

Puma

HPE Greenlake

father fishmas

Isey Skyr

Dragon Quest

Coca Cola

World Cup

Icelandair

World Cup 2018

Land Rover

Fireflies

Boogie Man

Trailer

Edie

Trailer

Arion Bank

CCAD

CCAD

Horse

CCAD

Cyclist

Reebok

Fitness

Porsche

Vodafone

One

Allianz

Robben

MBNA

Payment ninjas

Jelen

Skyr

Skyr.is

Sport Reel 2016

Icelandair

Luxury

Icelandair

Homegame

Beats by Dre

Icecold

Gold collection

Vodafone

Centre Stage Kinsale

Arion Billar

Adnams

Longshore

Land Rover

Discovery

Adidas

Micoach

Dior Children Aid

Sjova

Knorr

Channel 2

Citroen C3

Head

Andy Murray

BT

Speech

Clarks

Hoola Hoop

Tango

RAC

Crapstone

Mars

Different Route

Nike

Red Laces

Toyota Agayo

RAC

Vinnie

Trident

Fresh

Ferrero Giotto

Nestlé

Heart FM

Sky 1

Tesco

Mobile Truth

Channel 4 Plus 1

Samsung

Chelsea

about august jakobsson

august jakobsson, born in iceland, studied cinematography at the american film institute in los angeles, during film school he worked in camera department as a loader and then into focusing. august began shooting music videos as well as live concerts for artisits including guns n’ roses and nirvana.
august toured with the american rock band guns n´ roses worldwide for three years filming a documentary about the rock n roll life style, including 130 guns n’ roses live performance multi camera concerts.

he moved to london in 2003 and quickly began to make his mark in the commercial market working on campaigns for nike, adidas, bt, vodafone, samsung and ford. he works worldwide with international well known and successfull directors.

in 2006 campaign magazine voted august as london’s top 5 directors of photography.

he is now firmly established as one of london’s most sought after and popular directors of photography, known for his versatility and style.

august has filmed several feature films, sword of vengeange (dir: jim weedon) 2013, metalhead (dir. ragnar bragason) 2012, frost (dir. reynir lyngdal) 2011, levottomat (dir. aku louhimied), fiasco (dir. ragnar bragason), behind schedule (dir. gísli snær erlingsson), dramarama (dir. dagur kári, ragnar bragason to name a few) and pop in reykjavik (dir. august jakobsson), 22nd july (dir: paull greengrass/ netflix/2nd unit), edie (simon hunter) 2017, the falcons (bragi thor hinriksson) 2018, boogie man (dir: andy morahan) 2018,

august is based in london and iceland, he speaks english and icelandic.

filmography august jakobsson

commercials:

subaru, icelandic coffee, saint laurent, true norht, ford, masterclass, med loga, iceland-air, netflix, takumi shiga, carpetright, full marks, coca cola, kristall, ruv iceland worldcup, ccad, mbna, land rover, heinz, allianz, ao2 tv, hsbc, krüger, apple, nike, adidias, guninnes, beats, coca-cola, mcdonald's, porsche, land rover, mercedes benz, ford, toyota, vw, mitsubishi, citroen, opel, hyundai, subaru, suzuki, hsbc, pringles, smirnoff, vodafone, bt, barclays,
allianz, mastercard, visa, powerade, dominos, pizza hut, t-mobile, orange, 3 mobile, 118 118, phones 4 u, tesco, nintendo, clarks, mars, tuborg, thomas cook, cadbury, nestle, sony, rac, b&q, kfc, phillips, prudential, johnson & johnson, canon, tango, tic tac, virgin holidays, eon, hovis, muller, toshiba, icelandair, playstation, silverspoon, giotto, ferreo, konami, kenwood, oxfam, icelandic telecom, finland lotto, danske bank, arion bank, landsbank, bet victor

feature films:

Feature films:
Luther
2nd Unit Director of Photography / 1st Unit B Cam Op / Iceland Unit
Dir: Jamie Payne / Netflix / Lively Production / RVK Studios / 2022

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Director of Photography / Iceland Unit
Dir : John Daley / Jonathan Goldstein / Iceland Unit Director: Jonathan Taylor

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
VFX Director of Photography / Iceland Unit
Dir: Steven Caple Jr / Bay Films / Paramount Pictures / True North / 2021

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

VFX Director of Photography / Iceland Unit
Dir: Sam Raimi / Marvel Studios / True North / 2021

The Northman

Aerial & VFX Director of Photography / Iceland Unit
Dir: Robert Eggerts / New Regency Productions / True North / 2021

The Tomorrow War
2nd Unit Director of Photography / 1st Unit Cam Op / Iceland Unit
Dir: Chris Mckay / Amazon / True North / 2020

Severange

Dir: Andy Morahan


Can You Hear Me
Dir: Simon Hunter / Netflix / 2022

Brave New World
2nd Unit Director of Photography
Dir: Owen Harris / Amblin Television / NBC Universal / Peacock / 2019

22 July (2nd unit dp) | dir: paul greengrass netflix / true north 2018

the falcons | dir: bragi thor hinriksson saga film production 2018
award - schlingel international children´s film festival
award - chicago international film festival
award - ale kino international young audience film festival
award - siffcy film festival for children & youth

boogie man | dir: andy morahan boogie man film 2017
winner best film - cardiff international film festival 2018

edie | dir: simon hunter cape warth films 2016,
award - nordic adventure film festival - the jury special prize.
official selection – 2017 edinburgh international film festival
official selection – 2018 santa barbara international film festival

sword of vengeance | dir: james weedon vertigo films 2015

metalhead | dir: ragnar bragason mystery 2014,
official selection –2014 toronto international film festival
nominated, edda award iceland, best cinematography

frost | dir: reynir lyngdal kisi production 2013

dramarama | dir: dagur kári ragnar bragason asgrímur sverrisson inga lisa middleton einar thór gunnlaugsson zik zak 2001

levottomat | dir: aku louihimies solar film 2000

fiasco | dir: ragnar bragason zik zak 2000

pop i reykjavik | dir: august jakobsson 101 films 1998

behind schedule | dir: gísli snær erlingsson art film 1993


music video:

guns n? roses, nirvana, tlc, beck, snoop dog, johnny cash, the cure, björk,
sigurros, jls, will young, westlife, the saturdays, corrine bailey, rae, boyzone,
lily allen, estelle, ye-jo, eric prydz, shayne ward, bloc party, the streets, goldfrapp,
james morrison, kano, the feeling, supergrass, lady sovereign, slash's snakepit,
duff mckagan, meat loaf, simple minds, madness, maximo park, ordinary boys, jamie cullum, goldie looking,
big audio dynamite, badly drawn boy,
chain, the shapeshifters, the fratellis, richard fleeshman, futureheads,
simon webber, soulwax, gus gus sash, nightwich, shy fx, artifical funk,
heartless crew, alice dj, anna vissi, selma, gravity kill, sister machine gun,
jean michel, tk komuro, globe, do,s yuko, tohko, soulhat deadeye dick,
pride & glory, richard kotzen, vincent rocco, max a million, bushwick bill,
boys of paradise, rocket from the crypt,


concerts:

rammstein, rsa / live broadcast
nirvana paramount theater, seattle usa
aerosmith hippodrome de vincennes, paris france / live broadcast
lenny kravitz hippodrome de vincennes, paris france / live broadcast
blind melon mungerdorfer station, koln germany
guns n' roses hippodrome de vincennes, paris france / live broadcast
guns n' roses tokyo dome, tokyo japan
guns n' roses rose bowl, pasadena california usa
guns n' roses 136 concerts, 1991, 1992, 1993. use your illusion world tour
beck san francisco usa
beck portland usa
beck seattle usa
beck vancouver canada
slash's snakepit miami usa
tlc madison square garden, new york usa
fatboy slim höllin, reykjavik iceland
the hives höllin, reykjavik iceland
il divo mérita, spain
globe tokyo dome, tokyo japan
t. komuro / jean michel jarre eiffel tower, paris, world cup france 98
gus gus höllin, reykjavik iceland
gus gus pearl, reykjavik iceland
gus gus air castle, reykjavik iceland

a further list of credits available on request.

television:

pardon my icelandic dirdop: august jakobsson - made in iceland films
brave new world (2nd unit dp) dir: owen harris - nbc universal
með loga tv series season 4 6 episodes - skot production & síminn tv iceland 2020
með loga tv series season 3 6 episodes - skot production & síminn tv iceland 2019
með loga tv series season 2 8 episodes - skot production & síminn tv iceland 2018 - 2019
með loga tv series season 1 8 episodes - skot production & síminn tv iceland 2018
víti í vestmannaeyjum tv series 6 episodes - saga film production & rúv iceland 2018
andstæðingar íslands tv series 3 episodes - rúv iceland 2018
whitney: can i be me showtime 2017 - archive footage
cobain: montage of heck hbo 2015 - archive footage
pj karsjó tv series 6 episodes - channel 2 iceland 2017
inside a volcano: the rise of icelandic football 2016
atvinnumennirnir okkar 2 tv series 5 episodes - channel 2 iceland 2016
gunnar nelson channel 2 iceland 2016
the score dir: jack weatherly uefa prod 2012
all thinks nice rúv iceland
what ever we try rúv iceland
futurice channel 2 iceland
gus gus channel 2 iceland

directors:

simon hunter, tommy clark, chris pratt, j.k simmons, jennifer sheridan, jon riche, andrea wong, paul greengras, andrew morahan, amuel & gunnar, ahmed beck, jeff low, jonas akerlund, dougal wilson, jim gilchrist, james griffiths, lynn fox, nima nourizadeh, samuel & gunnar,
tom carty, paul shearer, jeff low,
dom & nick, scott lyon, brian lee hughes, peter pattaneo, nick livesy, augusto de fraga,
smith & foulkes, pedro romhanyi, huse, andy morahan, jim hosking,
steven reeves, nick lewin, jon harvey, ben sadley, neil gorringe, tim pope,
stephen butler, caswell coggins, henry littlechild, ben sedley, samuel & christopher,
ben dawkins, arni jonsson, lalli jonsson, james howarth, brian baderman,
yoichi narita, kjetill, julian gibbs, will clarke, albert paul, caslin, susie roberson,
johnny maginn, marc charach, chris mudge, ichiro tani, alex & liane, antti jokinen,
snorri brothers, diamond dogs, charles mehling, jt, barnaby roper, ben ib,
mike & robin, andy hylton, adam smith, lisa lloyds, ben swift & jess blake,
daniel greaves, tony mcgee, sam arthur, martyn atkins, marc racco,
louis marciano, zalman king, stephen halbert, rafael eisenman, scott kalvert ,
steve hanft, paul hunter, francis lawrence, f. gary gray,

homepage august Jakobsson

www.augustjakobsson.com

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