Nicolaj graduated from the National Danish Film school in 1991. He has since worked with some of the worlds best directors in commercials world wide and continues to do so. Shooting award winning campaigns for Magnum, Mercedes, Nike, Sony Playstation, Campari, Hugo Boss, Christian Dior, Coca Cola, Audi to name a few.....
The talent of Nicolaj as director of photography can also be appreciated through his work for numerous Features and TV series. He recently collaborate on "Il Gattopardo" ( The Leopard ) for Netflix ( 2025 tv mini series ) with directors Tom Shankland, Giuseppe Capotondi & Laura Luchetti and "House of Guinness" an upcoming new drama from creator Steven Knight about the Guinness Family again for Netflix.
In 2018 he shot "Dogman" for which he earned winner of the David Di Donatello Award for Best Cinematography and official selection at Cannes Film Festival. And in 2019 he shot director Matteo Garrone's " Pinocchio " which won him a Bronze Frog for Best Cinematography at the prestigious Energa Camerimage Film Festival 2020.
Directors (Partial): Tom Shankland, Martin Werner, Giuseppe Capotondi, Laura Luchetti, Andreas Nilsson, Matteo Garrone, Gabrielle Mainetti, Pep Bosch, Leigh Marling, Sara Marandi, Bart Timmer, Tom Tagholm, Si & Ad, Harald Zwart, Augusto Zapiola, Rocky Morton, Toby Tremlett, Barney Cokeliss, Christian Lyngbye, Mehdi Norowzian, Alexei Tylevich, Jorn Threlfall, Fatima, Olivier Venturini, Anders Hallberg, Filip Engstrom, Cyril Guyot, Michael Haussman, Igor Tuveri, Who, Bettina Rheims, Rich Lee, Agust Baldursson, ACNE, Casper Wedendahl and Andreas Hoffmann....