Mikael Salomon

Biography: Distinguished Danish lighting director Mikael Salomon has been in high demand since the early '70s for his creativity with special effects and his ability to rise to the most challenging filming situation. He got his start in Scandinavia and filmed around 50 movies by the time he was 40. Eventually, he came to Hollywood where he worked on a number of epic films. He also directed for television. Some of Salomon's most interesting work can be found in such films as the underwater extravaganza The Abyss (1989) and Backdraft (1991). Both films had spectacular special effects and were nominated for Academy Awards. In the late '80s, he began working for Amblin Entertainment. Salomon made his directorial debut in the 1993 feature A Far Off Place.

Mikael Salomon's Scores

Average career score: 59
Highest Metascore: 86 Band of Brothers: Season 1
Lowest Metascore: 37 Damien: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 19
  2. Negative: 2 out of 19
19 tv reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
tbd Six: Season 2 May 28, 2018 Director tbd
39 Valor: Season 1 Oct 9, 2017 Director 4.2
54 The Brave: Season 1 Sep 25, 2017 Director 7.6
tbd Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders: Season 2 Mar 8, 2017 Director tbd
54 Six: Season 1 Jan 18, 2017 Director / Producer 6.2
tbd Powers: Season 2 May 31, 2016 Director / Producer 7.3
37 Damien: Season 1 Mar 7, 2016 Producer 7.1
48 Blood & Oil: Season 1 Sep 27, 2015 Director 6.8
51 Powers: Season 1 Mar 10, 2015 Director 6.4
tbd Falling Skies: Season 4 Jun 22, 2014 Director 4.5
56 Coma: Season 1 Sep 3, 2012 Director / Executive Producer 5.4
70 Falling Skies: Season 1 Jun 19, 2011 Director 6.3
58 Camelot: Season 1 Feb 25, 2011 Director 5.2
tbd Unnatural History : Season 1 Jun 13, 2010 Director / Executive Producer 8.8
48 Hawthorne: Season 1 Jun 16, 2009 Director / Executive Producer 4.1
tbd Flirting With Forty Dec 6, 2008 Director tbd
41 The Andromeda Strain: Season 1 May 26, 2008 Director / Producer 5.6
67 The Company: Season 1 Aug 5, 2007 Director 7.1
tbd Fallen Aug 4, 2007 Director tbd
68 Rome: Season 2 Jan 14, 2007 Mikael Salomon 8.9
53 Runaway: Season 1 Sep 25, 2006 Director 8.4
71 Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King: Season 1 Jul 12, 2006 Director tbd
71 Rome: Season 1 Aug 28, 2005 Director / Mikael Salomon 9.2
tbd Over There: Season 1 Jul 27, 2005 Director tbd
76 Alias: Season 1 Sep 30, 2001 Director 8.1
86 Band of Brothers: Season 1 Sep 9, 2001 Director 9.1
69 The Fugitive: Season 1 Oct 6, 2000 Director tbd
tbd Nash Bridges: Season 4 Sep 25, 1998 Director tbd