Biography
Alar Kivilo is a Canadian-Estonian cinematographer. Born on 17 February 1953 in Montréal, he graduated from York University in Toronto with a degree in film. He began his career shooting documentaries, short films and commercials in Canada before moving to the United States in 1997.
Kivilo’s feature credits as director of photography include A Simple Plan (1998), Frequency (2000), Hart’s War (2002), The Ice Harvest (2005), The Lake House (2006), The Lookout (2007), The Blind Side (2009), Bad Teacher (2011) and The Lucky One (2012). He has also worked on television films and series such as Taking Chance (2009), for which he received an ASC Award.
He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers and an honorary member of the Estonian Society of Cinematographers.
