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Finn Gjerdrum
Finn Gjerdrum (born 20 March 1961, in Sandefjord) is a Norwegian film producer. Gjerdrum started his career making short films with Bent Hamer. His first feature-length movie was Hamer's critically acclaimed '' Eggs'', which was awarded the Amanda Award for best Norwegian film in 1995. Gjerdrum has produced several high profile, successful Norwegian movies, including '' In Order of Disappearance'', ''A Somewhat Gentle Man'', ''Troubled Water'', ''The Last King'' and ''The King's Choice'', as well as international production such as ''Dancer in the Dark'', ''A Thousand Times Good Night'' and ''Stella Days''. Together with Erik Poppe and Harald Rosenløw-Eeg, Gjerdrum was nominated for the Nordic Council Film Prize in 2005, for the film ''Hawaii, Oslo'', but lost to ''Manslaughter''. Filmography * 2020 - Utmark (TV Series) (producer) (pre-production) * 2019 - Cold Pursuit (producer - produced by) * 2018 - Utøya: July 22 (producer) * 2018 - Per Fugelli: Siste resept (Document ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandefjord
Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 January 2017, rural municipalities of Andebu and Stokke were merged into Sandefjord as part of a nationwide municipal reform. This merger was the first one to take place during the reform. The city is known for its rich Viking history and the prosperous whaling industry, which made Sandefjord the richest city in Norway.Porter, Darwin and Danforth Prince (2003). ''Frommer's Norway''. Wiley. p. 158. . Today, it has built up the third-largest merchant fleet in Norway. It is home to Europe's only museum dedicated to whaling, and is home to Gokstad Mound where the 9th century Gokstad Ship was discovered. Sandefjord has numerous nicknames, including the Viking, Whaling "capital" of Norway or as the undisputed summer city of Norway. The city i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Rosenløw-Eeg
Harald or Haraldr is the Old Norse form of the given name Harold. It may refer to: Medieval Kings of Denmark * Harald Bluetooth (935–985/986) Kings of Norway * Harald Fairhair (c. 850–c. 933) * Harald Greycloak (died 970) * Harald Hardrada (1015–1066) * Harald Gille (reigned 1130–1136) Grand Dukes of Kiev * Mstislav the Great (1076–1132), known as Harald in Norse sagas King of Mann and the Isles * Haraldr Óláfsson (died 1248) Earls of Orkney * Harald Haakonsson (died 1131) * Harald Maddadsson (–1206) * Harald Eiriksson Others * Hagrold (fl. 944–954), also known as Harald, Scandinavian chieftain in Normandy * Harald Grenske (10th century), petty king in Vestfold in Norway * Harald Klak (–), king in Jutland * Harald Wartooth, legendary king of Sweden, Denmark and Norway * Harald the Younger, 9th-century Viking leader Modern name Royalty * Harald V of Norway (born 1937), present King of Norway * Prince Harald of Denmark (1876–1949) Arts and enterta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Births
Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the captain and first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti marches into the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 military coup, General Cemal Gürsel forms the new government of Turkey (25th gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rottenetter
''Rottenetter'' (Rat Nights) is a Norwegian film from 2009. It was directed by Arild Østin Ommundsen, and it is his third feature film. Østin Ommundsen write the screenplay together with Arild Rein. The film closed the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund in 2009. Plot Stavanger is no longer a small fishing town on the west coast. Now the city is considered the Norwegian "oil capital" and "culture capital," and the inhabitants have become richer, their cars bigger and more expensive, and their houses far more luxurious. Old wooden houses are being demolished to make way for larger housing complexes and giant food festivals. However, behind it all looms the global financial crisis of the fall of 2008. In the middle of this materialistic story stands Jonny Kristiansen (played by Christian Rubeck Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1,000 Times Good Night
''A Thousand Times Good Night'' ( no, Tusen ganger god natt) is an Irish-Norwegian produced English language 2013 drama film directed by Erik Poppe and starring Juliette Binoche, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Larry Mullen Jr. and Mads Ousdal. Plot Rebecca (Binoche) is a photo journalist obsessed with reporting in dangerous war zones. Documenting a group of female suicide bombers in Afghanistan, she accompanies one of them to Kabul, where the premature detonation of the bomb severely injures her. While recuperating at her home in Ireland, Rebecca is confronted by her husband Marcus (Coster-Waldau) and her daughter Steph (Lauryn Canny), who force her to choose between covering war zones, or her family. She chooses her family. Steph is intrigued by her mother's photographs and interested in humanitarian work in Africa, so Rebecca proposes a photography trip with her daughter to a refugee camp in Kenya. Marcus agrees, assuming that the trip will be safe. Instead, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Name Is Emily
''My Name is Emily'' is a 2015 Irish independent drama film written and directed by Simon Fitzmaurice in his only feature film credit; on 26 October 2017, he died after an ongoing battle with motor neurone disease. The film stars Evanna Lynch, Michael Smiley and newcomer George Webster. 16-year-old Emily runs away from her foster home, trying to free her writer father (Smiley) from a mental institution after not receiving a card for her birthday. The film follows Emily (Lynch) and Arden (Webster) as they travel across Ireland in a coming of age tale/road movie. ''My Name is Emily'' premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh on 7 July 2015, and had a limited theatrical release in Ireland on 8 April 2016. It was released in the U.S. on 17 February 2017 in select areas. At Galway Film Fleadh producer Kathryn Kennedy won the Bingham Ray New Talent Award, and Seamus Deasy received the prize for Best Cinematography. ''My Name is Emily'' was nominated for eight IFTA Awards in 2016 including B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last King
''The Last King'' ( no, Birkebeinerne) is a 2016 Norwegian historical drama, directed by Nils Gaup. The story, inspired by true events, centers on the efforts of the Birkebeiner loyalists to protect the infant, Haakon Haakonsson, the heir to the Norwegian throne after the death of his father, King Haakon Sverresson. The film is set during the civil war era in Norway during the 13th-century. Synopsis In Norway 1204, Birkebeiners and king Haakon Sverresson possess the throne in Nidaros. They are threatened by Baglers, who have taken power in Eastern Norway, with the help from Denmark. In Nidaros, Gisle (Pal Sverre Valheim Hagan), a corrupt aristocrat and Bagler supporter, conspires with the former queen Margaret ( Lia Boysen) to have king Haakon (Benjamin Helstad) murdered, promising to return her to power as queen. Margaret's daughter Kristin overhears this and confronts her, but her mother claims that exposing the plot would mean certain death for them, scaring Kristin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manslaughter (2005 Film)
''Manslaughter'' ( da, Drabet) is a 2005 Danish drama film written and directed by Per Fly. The film stars Jesper Christensen, Beate Bille and Pernilla August as well as Fly's wife Charlotte Fich. ''Manslaughter'' won the Nordic Council Film Prize in 2005, multiple awards at the 2006 Bodil Awards — including Best Actor, Best Film and Best Supporting actress — as well as being nominated for several other major film awards. Beate Bille also received a Shooting Star Award at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival for her role in the film.http://www.dfi.dk/Service/English/News-and-publications/News/Archives/Danish-films-at-Berlin-Kinderfilmfest-–-and-Shooting-Star.aspx The film is part of a trilogy by Fly about the Danish society. Bænken is about the underclass, Arven about the upper class and Manslaughter about the middle class. Cast *Jesper Christensen *Pernilla August * Beate Bille *Charlotte Fich * Michael Moritzen *Henrik Larsen *Bodil Sangill *Kurt Dre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawaii, Oslo
''Hawaii, Oslo'' is a 2004 Norwegian drama film, directed by Erik Poppe with a screenplay by Harald Rosenløw Eeg. It stars Trond Espen Seim, Aksel Hennie, Jan Gunnar Røise and Petronella Barker. The film's music was composed by John Erik Kaada and Bugge Wesseltoft. Produced by Finn Gjerdrum and distributed by Paradox Spillefilm, the film is in the Norwegian language and was edited by Arthur Coburn. Production The film was shot in Oslo, Norway, with an estimated budget of NOK 20,000,000. Plot Vidar (Seim), who works at a psychiatric hospital, tries to keep himself awake as much as he can, because he has several times dreamt of horrible events that turned out to be true premonitions. At one point, he dreams that Leon (Røise), one of the patients, who is supposed to meet his ex-girlfriend, never meets her, but is hit by an ambulance instead. Release and reception The film was released on 24 September 2004 and was generally well received by the Norwegian press. ''Dagblad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordic Council Film Prize
The Nordic Council Film Prize is an annual film prize administered by the Nordic Council. The Nordisk Film & TV Fond is the funding body that administers the prize. History The first award was handed out in 2002 to celebrate the Nordic Council's 50th anniversary. Since 2005 the prize has been annual. Description The Nordisk Film & TV Fond is secretariat to the Nordic Council. It is funded by 22 partners: the Nordic Council of Ministers; five national film institutes; and 16 public and private media companies. It also funds the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize at the annual Gothenburg Film Festival. One winner is chosen from submissions from the five Nordic countries. In 2008, the prize money of the Nordic Council Film Prize was €47,000. According to the Nordic Council, the prize is given for "the creation of an artistically original film that is rooted in Nordic cultural circles". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Poppe
Erik Poppe (born 24 June 1960) is a Norwegian film director, producer and screenwriter. Poppe is regarded as one of Scandinavia's most experienced and compelling film directors recognized for his work with actors and multi-pronged narratives. His movies are often built around ensemble casts, sharp writing, impressive camera work and an uncanny knack for rhythm and music in the editing. He is best known for directing critically acclaimed films including ''Hawaii, Oslo'' (2004), '' A Thousand Times Good Night'' (2013), '' The King's Choice'' (2016) and Utøya: July 22. Early life and education Poppe was born on 24 June 1960 in Oslo to Aase and Per Frølich Poppe, who was a fashion designer in winter sport clothing. As a child he grew up in Portugal and Norway. He started his career as a photographer for the newspaper Verdens Gang and Reuters, covering domestic news as well as international conflicts. Being hospitalized after an assignment in Colombia he decided to prepa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
