Adrien Mauduit is a 36-year-old Science engineer, professional photographer, cinematographer as well as a published science author. Born in France in 1989, he has always been passionate about nature, space and the night sky. After completing his M. Sc. in Canada, he moved to Denmark to teach Science and Art. It is also where he encountered his first aurora. Adrien found an unconditional and unequivocal love for the mesmerizing phenomenon and bought his first camera to try and capture it.
Since then, he’s traveled to many countries within the auroral zone like Canada, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland in search of the elusive Green Lady. In 2016, Adrien made this hobby his full-time job. In 2017, he established in Arctic Norway and created his own company Night Lights Films in 2019. He has been working relentlessly to offer a series of different services, as well as producing innovative and educational media of our world under the night sky.
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Thanks to his scientific and artistic pedigree, Adrien always strives to bring the best quality into his work. His many years of experience chasing the aurora under harsh and inhospitable conditions allowed him to get world-wide recognition. Adrien’s aurora and milky way still shots are particularly well known but his innovative astro-timelapse sequences made him a pioneer in the nighttime documentary industry over the recent years.
Adrien (right) with the filming team from Sterntag
Over the years, Adrien has worked together with several scientific organizations like a NASA-founded Project PoSSUM, won several photography and film awards, licensed his footage to (and worked with) some of the biggest production companies in the world like BBC, Netflix, Plimsoll, Silverback, PBS, HBO Max, iTVx. He has run more than 500 aurora tours and workshops. He has acquired unparalleled knowledge on auroral science and he has taught more than 1000 aurora guides and photographers through his advanced webinars and courses. Recently, he has even created his own aurora-chasing application together with a good friend (www.norlys.live), which is the first one of its kind in the world. Lastly, he has also been building a notable following on social media (around 1.5 million followers across multiple handles), throughout which he disseminates a lot of his content to help promote his work and help people learn about the night sky.
Adrien at work timelapsing
the man behind Night Lights
ADRIEN MAUDUIT
M.Sc., Photographer, cinematographer, visual science education & communication coordinator, Science author, owner at NLF
