Jakob Ihre, FSF: Chernobyl cinematographer on shooting the incredible HBO series, his early career, working with director Joachim Trier

Jakob Ihre believes that making movies is very personal, and it's
important to create a connection to the material that the audience
can feel. He graduated from the National Film and Television School
in London knowing that he wanted to do smaller, quality projects
that told personal stories. Jakob collaborated with fellow NFTS
graduate Joachim Trier on several films, including Reprise, Louder
Than Bombs, Oslo, August 31 and Thelma. The 2015 film, The End of
the Tour, about writer David Foster Wallace, marked the Swedish
cinematographer's first English language movie. The HBO TV series
Chernobyl came to Jakob through the series' director, Johan Renck.
The two were friends but had not had the chance to work together.
Writer and creator Craig Mazin had a completed 600-page script, and
once Jakob read it, he knew he had to work on the project. The
story was so gripping and mesmerizing, everyone involved felt a
calling to tell the story in a way that was solemn about the
material and accurate about what it looked like. Chernobyl shot for
eight months in Lithuania and Ukraine and has won multiple awards.
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