# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johan-ankerstjerne
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:56:26.554Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johan-ankerstjerne"
name: "Johan Ankerstjerne"
slug: "johan-ankerstjerne"
description: "Johan Valdemar Ankerstjerne was a Danish cinematographer who for many years was head of cinematography at Nordisk Film. He was reportedly the best cameraman in Denmark in the 1910s, making many films for August Blom from 1911 until 1916 and then for Benjamin Christensen. He created the unique \"images of Haxan\". In 1932 he founded Denmark's first film laboratory, Johan Ankerstjerne A/S which, after merging with Nordisk Film Teknik, became the largest production facility in the country."
tagline: "Danish cinematographer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ankerstjerne%2CJohan0011.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1886-01-17"
deathDate: "1959-08-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.47
  momentum:             11.53846153846154
  historical:           8.335997333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030170/"
    handle:    "nm0030170"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2122929"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "چوهان انكيرستچيرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Ankerstjerne_(filmfotograf)"
    title: "Johan Ankerstjerne (filmfotograf)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Ankerstjerne"
    title: "Johan Ankerstjerne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B9%CF%8C%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%BD_%CE%86%CE%BD%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BD"
    title: "Γιόχαν Άνκερστιερν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Ankerstjerne"
    title: "Johan Ankerstjerne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Ankerstjerne"
    title: "Johan Ankerstjerne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Ankerstjerne"
    title: "Johan Ankerstjerne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Ankerstjerne"
    title: "Johan Ankerstjerne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4260799"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1268490"
    title: "Johan Ankerstjerne"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump