Mattis Mathiesen
Mathiesen at work on Jan Mayen
Born
Mattis Leonid Rakov Alexevitch Mathiesen

(1924-05-30)30 May 1924
Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Died9 October 2010(2010-10-09) (aged 86)
NationalityNorwegian
Occupation(s)Photographer, film director

Mattis Leonid Rakov Alexevitch Mathiesen (30 June 1924 – 9 October 2010) was a Norwegian photographer and film director.

He hailed from Ålesund. His grandfather was a Russian immigrant. Mathiesen stayed in the United Kingdom during the Second World War, where he learned photography.[1]

He worked in the company Teamfilm.[1] He did the photography for, among others, Elskere (1963) and Vildanden (1963, TV 1989). In 1970 he won the Aamot-statuetten. He was also the photographer for the Olsenbanden films. He was the producer of Viva Villaveien! (1989) and distributor of Fredrikssons fabrikk (1994).

He lived in Bærum, and died in October 2010.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Haddal, Per (14 October 2010). "Mattis Mathiesen". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
  2. ↑ "Dødsfall". Budstikka (in Norwegian). 13 October 2010. p. 50.


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