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Niels Alpert

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
  • Director
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Niels Alpert
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When the Drum Is Beating (2011)
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Niels Alpert is known for Hardcore Action News (2003), Kaleidoscope (2023) and Sleepy Hollow (2013).
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins total

    Known for

    Hardcore Action News (2003)
    Hardcore Action News
    6.7
    Short
    • Director
    • 2003
    Giancarlo Esposito, Paz Vega, Jai Courtney, Rosaline Elbay, Peter Mark Kendall, and Tati Gabrielle in Kaleidoscope (2023)
    Kaleidoscope
    6.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Cinematographer
    Tom Mison and Nicole Beharie in Sleepy Hollow (2013)
    Sleepy Hollow
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Finn Jones in Iron Fist (2017)
    Iron Fist
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Holliday Grainger, Ambika Mod, and Denise Gough in The Stolen Girl (2025)
      The Stolen Girl
      6.4
      TV Mini Series
      • additional photography
      • 2025
    • Priyanka Chopra Jonas in Quantico (2015)
      Quantico
      6.7
      TV Series
      • addditional cinematography
      • 2018
    • Daniel Sunjata and Aaron Tveit in Graceland (2013)
      Graceland
      7.6
      TV Series
      • additional photography
      • 2013
    • Nous York (2012)
      Nous York
      4.5
      • camera operator: "b" camera
      • 2012
    • Matt Bomer in White Collar (2009)
      White Collar
      8.2
      TV Series
      • camera operator: "a" camera
      • 2009–2012
    • Callie Thorne in Necessary Roughness (2011)
      Necessary Roughness
      7.1
      TV Series
      • additional photography
      • camera operator: "a" camera
      • 2011
    • Michelle Trachtenberg, Jaime Lee Kirchner, and Taylor Schilling in Mercy (2009)
      Mercy
      7.1
      TV Series
      • camera operator: "a" camera
      • 2010
    • Clarence Reid in The Weird World of Blowfly (2010)
      The Weird World of Blowfly
      6.5
      • camera operator
      • 2010
    • Empire State (2009)
      Empire State
      6.0
      TV Short
      • camera operator: "a" camera
      • 2009
    • Dennis Hopper and Eric Roberts in Crash (2008)
      Crash
      6.8
      TV Series
      • camera operator: "a" camera
      • 2008–2009
    • The Wire (2002)
      The Wire
      9.3
      TV Series
      • camera operator: "a" camera
      • camera operator
      • 2008
    • The Black Donnellys (2007)
      The Black Donnellys
      8.1
      TV Series
      • camera operator: "a" camera
      • 2007
    • CD USA
      6.3
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2006
    • My Morning Jacket: Okonokos (2006)
      My Morning Jacket: Okonokos
      9.1
      Video
      • camera operator
      • 2006
    • Plastic Surgery: Beverly Hills
      TV Series
      • additional camera operator
      • 2005

    Cinematographer

    • Morgan Freeman, Nicole Kidman, Michael Kelly, and Zoe Saldaña in Lioness (2023)
      Lioness
      7.8
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2023
    • Giancarlo Esposito, Paz Vega, Jai Courtney, Rosaline Elbay, Peter Mark Kendall, and Tati Gabrielle in Kaleidoscope (2023)
      Kaleidoscope
      6.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Michael Rainey Jr. in Power Book II: Ghost (2020)
      Power Book II: Ghost
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021–2022
    • Nicholas Pinnock in For Life (2020)
      For Life
      7.6
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2020–2021
    • Michael Sheen and Tom Payne in Prodigal Son (2019)
      Prodigal Son
      7.7
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2020
    • Shameik Moore, Joey Bada$$, Ashton Sanders, Siddiq Saunderson, T.J. Atoms, Johnell Young, and Dave East in Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019)
      Wu-Tang: An American Saga
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Christopher Meloni and Patton Oswalt in Happy! (2017)
      Happy!
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017–2019
    • Finn Jones in Iron Fist (2017)
      Iron Fist
      6.4
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2018
    • A Working Way Home (2017)
      A Working Way Home
      Short
      • director of photography
      • 2017
    • Tom Mison and Nicole Beharie in Sleepy Hollow (2013)
      Sleepy Hollow
      7.3
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2017
    • Adam Goldberg, Michael Ian Black, Jim Gaffigan, Ashley Williams, and Tongayi Chirisa in The Jim Gaffigan Show (2015)
      The Jim Gaffigan Show
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015–2016
    • Alternatino (2015)
      Alternatino
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Dior: Terminal 3
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • Daniel Sunjata and Aaron Tveit in Graceland (2013)
      Graceland
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013–2015
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2012

    Director

    • Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall (2006)
      Eels with Strings: Live at Town Hall
      8.7
      Video
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Rufus Wainwright: Live at the Fillmore (2004)
      Rufus Wainwright: Live at the Fillmore
      8.7
      Video
      • Director
      • 2004
    • Hardcore Action News (2003)
      Hardcore Action News
      6.7
      Short
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Tonic: Mean to Me (1999)
      Tonic: Mean to Me
      7.5
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 1999
    • Tonic: You Wanted More
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 1999
    • Jonny Lang: Breakin' Me
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 1998
    • Tonic: Open Up Your Eyes, Version 2 (1998)
      Tonic: Open Up Your Eyes, Version 2
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 1998

    Videos2

    Kaleidoscope sizzle
    Demo Reel 4:11
    Kaleidoscope sizzle
    When the Drum Is Beating
    Trailer 2:20
    When the Drum Is Beating
    When the Drum Is Beating
    Trailer 2:20
    When the Drum Is Beating

    Personal details

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    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Alternative name
      • Neils Alpert
    • Height
      • 6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
    • Other works
      Music video: Cinematographer on "Tears in Heaven" video by Mary J. Blige

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