Martin Ahlgren

Martin Ahlgren, ASC is a Swedish cinematographer.

Martin Ahlgren
Born	Scotland
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	2000–present
Website	martinahlgren.com

Early life

Ahlgren was born in Scotland to Swedish parents.^[1] The family soon returned to Sweden, where Ahlgren grew up in Stockholm.^[1] He later moved to the U.S. and attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City.^[1]

Career

After a decade of working on campaigns for major brands around the world and music videos for artists such as The Rolling Stones, Beyoncé, and Kanye West, Ahlgren began working on independent feature films and television series. His credits include films such as The Sunlit Night and series such as House of Cards, Daredevil, Altered Carbon, and The Plot Against America, as well as the Netflix comedy special Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive and the pilot episodes for Blindspot and NOS4A2.^[2]

Ahlgren has been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 2020.^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Notes
2013	McCanick
	Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive
2014	Revenge of the Green Dragons
2015	Stealing Cars
2019	The Sunlit Night
2020	Chart Your Course - The Musical Journey of Cas Haley	Documentary short
2024	Old Guy
2025	Greenland: Migration
TBA	The Silence of Mercy

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2003	Anna Netrebko: The Woman, the Voice	Television documentary film
2006	Breaking Up with Shannen Doherty	2 episodes As camera operator
2013	Over/Under	Television film
	Six by Sondheim	Television documentary film
2014	Power	4 episodes
	Death Pact	Television film
2015	House of Cards	11 episodes
	Blindspot	1 episode
2016	Daredevil	13 episodes
	Civil	Television film
2017	Crash & Burn
2018	Altered Carbon	5 episodes
2019	NOS4A2	2 episodes
2020	The Plot Against America	6 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2015	67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series	"Chapter 29" House of Cards	Nominated	[3]
2016	30th American Society of Cinematographers Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Television Movies, Miniseries or Pilots	"Who is Jane Doe" Blindspot	Nominated
2020	72nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie	"Part 1" The Plot Against America	Nominated	[3]
2021	35th American Society of Cinematographers Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Motion Picture, Miniseries, or Pilot Made for Television	"Part 6" The Plot Against America	Nominated	[4]
2024	76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour)	"Judgment Day" 3 Body Problem	Nominated	[3]