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Erik Ljung

Director Of Photography

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Chicago, USA

About Me

ERIK LJUNG is a two-time Emmy winning freelance Producer and Director of Photography currently based in the midwest. His debut feature length documentary The Blood is at the Doorstep had its world premiere at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival where it earned a critics pick from The Hollywood Reporter. Most recently he was a DP on Netflix’s “Making a ... Read More
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  • Locations I can work in:

    Work Anywhere

  • Language:

    English (Fluent)

  • Skills/Permits:

    Driving Licence

    Drone Pilot (CAA PFAW)

    FX9

  • Technical Skills:

    Arri Alexa Mini

    ARRI AMIRA

    Red EPIC-X

    Sony PXW-FX6

    Sony PXW-FX9

    Super 8Panasonic P2

  • Awards:

    2022 Emmy Nominations - The New York Times Presents on FX: Live Fast and Vape Things - Outstanding Research: News, Outstanding Health or Medical Coverage

    2022 Emmy Nomination - Al Jazeera Fault Lines: Buried Truths: America’s Indigenous Boarding Schools - Outstanding Hard News Feature: Long Form

    2022 Emmy Nomination - VICE NEWS - The Big Squeeze - Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary

    2022 Emmy Judge for National News & Documentary (Cinematography Category) - National Academy of Television Arts & Scienes

    2022 SXSW Audience Award for Documentary Spotlight - “We Are Not Ghouls” (credit: DP, Directed by Chris James Thompson)

    2022 NPPA Best Documentary of the Year - Runner-Up - The New York Times Visual Investigations: A Fatal Night in Kenosha - How The Rittenhouse Shootings Unfolded

    2022 duPont-Columbia Awards Finalist for The New York Times - “Visual Investigations: How the Police Killed Breonna Taylor”

    2021 Soho House x Creative Futures Collective Mentorship Program - Mentor

    2021 Emmy News & Documentary Award Winner (2) for The New York Times - “Visual Investigations: How the Police Killed Breonna Taylor” - Outstanding Long Feature in a Newscast & Best Story in a Newscast

    2021 Video Consortium Sony Mentorship Program - Mentor

    2020 Emmy’s News & Documentary Nominations for Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines - “In Bad Faith” - Outstanding Investigative Reporting in a Newsmagazine, Best Story in a Newsmagazine

    2020 - Vimeo Staff Pick Short Film - Mothers For Justice

    2020 - Vimeo Staff Pick - The Blood is at the Doorstep (limited release)

    2020 - Creative Capital Finalist >>