Lukas Šalna, still photographer, 2nd assistant camera, Vilnius

About Lukas Šalna

Lukas Šalna is a Lithuanian born professional photographer and video maker currently based in Vilnius, Lithuania.

In 2014 Lukas graduated from De Montfort University in the United Kingdom with a first class BA (Honours) degree in Photography & Video.

Majority of his time Lukas works as a commission based freelancer mainly working on a film sets, commercials and other things all around the Europe. Currently he works as a stills photographer and camera assistant in major film and television productions.

Fast pace, experience, creativity and reliability are his main skills, which separate him from other rivals.

Known for

Sisi
2021
Still photographer
Vesper
2021-2022
Still photographer
© BYUTV / Kaleidoscope Pictures

Instrument of War
2016-2017
Still photographer
© ARD

Kruso
2017-2018
Still photographer
© Artbox / CPPC

Sobibor
2016-2017
Still photographer

Movies as still photographer

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer
2024	Nr.24 (WT)	Feature Film	John Andreas Andersen	Motion Blur AS [no]
2023	Draugų Lažybos	Feature Film	Justinas Krisiūnas	Dublis production [lt]
2023	The Arctic Convoy	Feature Film	Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken	Fantefilm AS [no]
2023	The Fortress	TV Series, ARD [de], Viaplay	Multiple	Maipo Films [no]
2023	The Test	Feature Film	Ramūnas Cicėnas	Singing fish [lt]
2023	Laikinai Jūsų	Feature Film	Ramūnas Rudokas	Singing fish [lt]
2023	Spede	Feature Film	Aleksi Delikouras	Yellow Film & TV [fi]
2022	The Royal Mob	Limited series, Sky [uk]	Fraser McDonald	Nutopia [uk/us]
2022	There's something in the barn	Feature Film	Magnus Martens	74 Entertainment [no]
2022	Lea	TV Series, SVT Sveriges Television [se]	Andrea Östlund	Kärnfilm AB [se]
2022	Lea - The Fighter	Limited series, DR [dk], RUV [is], SVT Sveriges Television [se], YLE TV [fi], ZDFneo [de]	Andrea Östlund	Kärnfilm AB [se]
2021	Sisi	TV Series, ORF [at], RTL [de], RTL+ [de], TVNOW [de]	Sven Bohse	Story House Pictures GmbH
2021	Max Anger - With One Eye Open	TV Series, Viaplay	Lisa Farzaneh	Nice Drama [se]
2021	I am fine, thanks	Feature Film	Ernestas Jankauskas	Dansu films [lt]
2021	The Generation of Evil	Feature Film	Emilis Vėlyvis	Kino kultas [lt]
2021	Vesper	Feature Film	Kristina Buožytė	Natrix Natrix [lt]
2021	Hamilton	TV Series, C More	Per Hanefjord	Dramacorp Pampas Studios [se]
2020	The Truth Will Out	TV Series	Aron Levander	Yellow Bird Films [se]
2020	Beforeigners	TV Series, HBO Nordic	Jens Lien	Rubicon TV [no]
2019	The Last Czars	Limited series, Netflix	Adrian J. McDowall	Nutopia [uk/us]

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Movies as 2nd assistant camera

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer
2023	In ewiger Freundschaft. Ein Taunuskrimi. (WT)	TV Movie (multi-part), ZDF [de]	Stefan Bühling	W&B Television GmbH
2022	R.I.P. Henry	TV Series, Viaplay	Arild Fröhlich	ITV Studios Norway [no]
2022	Evil	TV Series, C More, TV4 [se]	Erik Leijonborg	SF Studios [se/dk]
2021	Hilma	Feature Film, Viaplay	Lasse Hallström	Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) [se]
2021	Lea	TV Series, SVT Sveriges Television [se]	Multiple	Kärnfilm AB [se]
2021	Clark	Limited series, Netflix	Jonas Åkerlund	Scandinavian Content Group [se]
2019	Vinski and the Invisibility Powder	Feature Film	Juha Wuolijoki	Snapper Films Oy [fi]
2019	Skylines	Feature Film	Liam O'Donnell	Hydraulx [us]

Movies in other capacities

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2022	Šiukšlyno Žmonės	TV Series, Go3 [lt]	Inesa Kurklietytė	Lietuvos idėjų forumas (4ROOM) [lt]	camera operator
2022	Hoon Tari Heer	Feature Film	Dhwani Gautam	Pavra Entertainment [in]	assistant camera (non fiction)
2016	Bordertown	TV Series, YLE TV [fi]	Jyri Kähönen	Fisher King Production [fi]	computer/video playback supervisor
2015	War & Peace	Limited series, BBC [uk]	Tom Harper	The Weinstein Company [us]	camera trainee

Training

Year
2014	De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom (Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Photography & Video)

Basic data

Nationality	Lithuanian
Languages	EnglishLithuanian
Experience abroad	Central Europe: Germany, Latvia Northern Europe: Finland, Norway, Sweden
Own equipment	Nikon Z8 Camera Body Nikon Z50 Camera Body Nikkor 50mm 1.8 S Nikkor 85mm 1.8 S Nikkor 24-70mm 2.8 S Nikkor 70-200mm 2.8 S VR Godox V860III Speedlight Godox AD200Pro Strobelight Godox AD400Pro Strobelight Apple Macbook Pro 14 M1 Pro
Licences	AM - Moped up to 45 km/h [eu], B (car) [eu]
Education	BA(Hons) Photography & Video 2014. De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom. Documentary Film Course 2012. Skalvija Cinema Academy, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Preferred place of work	I can work everywhere in the world.
Immediate working area	Vilnius
1st residence (federal state or country)	Lithuania

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Lukas Šalna

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