Swedish Director of Photography, Ulf Brantås, FSF, firmly believes in taking chances. In 1982, as an advertising copywriter turned professional musician, he became Production Assistant at Roy Andersson Film Co. and started working with its respected Director. "Until that time, I'd had no experience with films, but Roy Andersson owned all his equipment and I had the chance to find out about cameras, lighting gear and dollies," says Brantås. "I was intrigued to know how these expensive items worked, so in the evenings I'd open the various lids and compartments and I taught myself. I was sent off to shoot some documentary footage before I'd had any experience of operating a camera, but I took the chance. Likewise, in Lilja 4-ever, I tried to do things I'd never done before; that's the fun part of working with Director, Lukas Moodysson - he tells unusual stories in unusual ways."