Pål Ulvik Rokseth

History

Pål Ulvik Rokseth is a Norwegian cinematographer.

Movies

Handling the Undead
Director of Photography
On an abnormally hot summer day in Oslo, a strange electric field surrounds the city as a collective migraine spreads across town and the newly deceased awake from death.
Munch
Director of Photography
Edvard Munch was one of the most important artists in the period between the 19th and 20th centuries. His motif Skrik (The Scream), repeated in several techniques, became part of the 20th-century world subconsciousness – an image of fear and loneliness most people probably know, even if they have no idea who created it.
The Burning Sea
Director of Photography
An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what happened when they realize this is just the start of something even more serious.
Cramps
Cinematography
15-year-old Sofie has a secret that no one will ever know, as she puts on her make-up she reflects on what happened.
Amundsen
Director of Photography
The story of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole in 1911, and the first person to reach both the North and South Poles in 1926. Follows his all-consuming drive as a polar explorer and the tragedy he brought on himself and others by sacrificing everything in the icy wastelands to achieve his dream.
Polaroid
Director of Photography
High school loner Bird Fitcher has no idea what dark secrets are tied to the mysterious Polaroid vintage camera she stumbles upon, but it doesn't take long to discover that those who have their picture taken meet a tragic end. Bird and her friends must survive one more night as they race to solve the mystery of the haunted Polaroid before it kills them all.
Virgins4lyfe
Director of Photography
It is the last night of 14-year-old Astrid's and Issi's holiday by the beach. The mission is clear, especially for Issi: to find a guy and hopefully lose her virginity before the holidays are over.
22 July
Director of Photography
On 22 July 2011, neo-Nazi terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utøya Island outside of Oslo. This three-part story focuses on the survivors, the political leadership of Norway, and the lawyers involved.
The Monkey and the Mouth
Director of Photography
An experimental concert movie about one of Norway's biggest musical acts, Karpe Diem, with footage captured from three massive concerts in Oslo Spektrum.
The Hunger
Director of Photography
A sixteen year old boy with an intense desire for recognition seeks out a vicious criminal to prove his boundless grit. An expressive suburban gothic tale which enters the mindset of a teenager and explores the phenomenon of sensation seeking at a young age.
Late Summer
Director of Photography
An elderly woman has secluded herself in her remote home in the French countryside, when a young foreign couple on vacation suddenly intrudes on her isolated life.
Back
Director of Photography
Ieva, 22, comes back to her hometown Vilnius, Lithuania, after four years in Hollywood. During her first twelve hours at home, Ieva sees her mom and friends who project their false expectations on her, picturing Ieva as a successful actress and America as the land of opportunity. Ieva only reveals her doubts about her future to her ex-boyfriend Tadas. As they walk down the streets of Vilnius, Ieva notices how much her city has changed. In order to reconnect with the people and the city Ieva has to accept the fact that nothing stays the same.
Polaroid
Director of Photography
Two friends are playing with an old Polaroid camera they found in the closet.
Quiet on Set
Cinematography
The film starts on the eastern front during World War II, before the director yells "Cut!" and we 're on a Norwegian film set in 2015. "Quiet on Set" is a meta short film that deals with a romantic encounter on set, where Kjell and Rakel has to be quiet during shooting and are forced to flirt through miming and body language.
Å begrave en hund
Director of Photography
How far are you willing to go to keep your childhood best friends? Probably not far enough.
Into the White
First Assistant Camera
Based on a true story. On 27 April 1940, Luftwaffe pilot Horst Schopis' Heinkel 111 bomber is shot down near Grotli by an RAF Blackburn Skua L2940 fighter, which then crash-lands. The surviving German and English crew members begin to at shoot each other, but later find themselves huddled up in the same cabin. In order to survive the harsh winter in the Norwegian wilderness, they have to stand together. An unlikely, lifelong friendship blossoms.
Sons of Norway
Second Assistant Camera
It’s not easy to rebel when your dad wants to join the party... One day (in 1979), Magnus and his son Nikolaj hit the wall in their new terrace house in Rykkinn. Magnus is an architect, hippie and free spirit, a glaring exception in a community where equality and conformity is the norm. He always stands up for his son, supporting him unconditionally, even when Nikolaj decides to stop giving a damn.
Headhunters
Camera Operator
An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.
Cold Prey II
First Assistant Camera
After surviving the events in the Jotunheimen mountains in which four of her friends were murdered, the badly injured Jannicke is brought to the local hospital. But when she wakes up, the building is dark and deserted...and she soon realizes that her nightmare isn’t over yet.
Cold Prey
First Assistant Camera
When one of them breaks a leg, 5 friends snowboarding in the Norwegian mountains take shelter in an abandoned ski lodge and soon realize they’re not alone.
Ungene
Cinematography
A 12-year-old boy is alone with the responsibility for his younger siblings. Alone for several days, his insecurities begin to turn into desperation and fear. A new sense of masculinity is unleashed when he finds a gun, which leads him into a destructive trail.