Morten Sandtroen is an award winning cinematographer, photographer and director.

The son of two sailors, conceived in Rio, sort of present at his parents wedding in New Orleans and eventually born in the small town of Vardø in the far north east corner of Norway, one could argue that Morten had travelled more than most even before being born.

After a stint in the Norwegian Air force, a couple of years in business school, he finally found his calling in the world of film.

Upon graduation from Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, he spent 6 years at Arthur Elgort’s studio in New York as a cinematographer, producer and editor, shooting fashion / beauty commercials as well as two critically acclaimed documentaries. Texas Tenor - The Illinois Jacquet Story and Colorado Cowboy - The Bruce Ford Story which earned him the cinematography award from the Sundance Film festival. After leaving the Elgort Studio he won an Emmy Award for his work on 16 Days of Glory the official olympic movie from the Lillehammer olympics.

He then co-founded Nonstop Pictures in New York and thus began his career as a commercial director-cinematographer. 

With fashion beauty clients from all continents he quickly established himself in the commercial world, working with brands like Camay, Oil of Olay, Aveda, L’Oreal, Maybelline, Bausch and Lomb, Unilever, Proctor and Gamble, Chapstick, Blistex, Persol and Hilton Hotels, Macy’s, JCPenney, Reebok.

He had a 12 year relationship with Target stores and was an instrumental part of one of the most remarkable transformations in US retail history, winning them several awards in the retail category.

Morten shares his time between New York City and Oslo, Norway.