John Andreas started out making short films on Super8 going on to win a national filmcompetition when 15 years old That propelled him into following his passion for films and visual storytelling Before attending film school John Andreas worked his way up in the cameradepartment including working as assistant camera for 2 times Oscarwinning Swedish cinematographerlegend Sven Nykvist ASC With Svens recommendationletter he got into the MFA program at American Film Institute AFI graduating in 1998 Continuing his work as Director of Photography on many award winning features including Headhunters Morten Tyldum 2011 and King of Devils Island Marius Holst 2010 John Andreas eventually transitioned to the directors chair After first shooting the first episodes then directing the season finale of Netflixsuccess Occupied 2015 his feature film directing debut came with The Quake 2018