Mattias Troelstrup

Mattias studied still photography from an early age. He has worked as a freelance cinematographer for all the major production companies in Copenhagen. When he came to the American Film Institute in 2008, he was already one of Danish National Television's leading documentary cinematographers, but after more than a decade of nonfiction work, the accomplished cinematographer wanted to try his hand at narrative filmmaking. With its emphasis on narrative storytelling, AFI was a natural fit, and the school was equally eager to welcome Troelstrup, who had included a fictional short entitled SEE YOU (which would later be shortlisted for an Academy Award) with his application. Mattias graduated from AFI’’s cinematography program in 2010. While studying at AFI he won Kodak's top student prize, the gold‐level KODAK Eastman Scholarship, for his first‐year project, NIKKI. During Mattias’’s time at AFI he followed DP Michael Goi, ASC and Lance Acord, ASC during their work on feature films and commercials. In April 2010 Variety had an article series about Standout Students in which Mattias was mentioned as a student to keep an eye out for.