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Gunnar Vikene
Gunnar Vikene (born 23 March 1966) is a Norwegian film director and scriptwriter. His films include '' Falling Sky'' from 2002, and '' War Sailor'' from 2022. He received an Amanda Award in 2010 for the film ''Vegas'', and a Gullruten award in 2018 for the television series ''Grenseland''. Biography Vikene was born on 23 March 1966. Having previously made short films and documentaries, including the short films ' (1995) and ' (1997), his first feature film was ''Himmelfall'' from 2002, and he directed the film ' in 2006. He received the Amanda Award for Best Screenplay 2010, for the film ', shared with Torun Lian. He wrote the script for and directed the film ' in 2014, which stars Bjørn Sundquist in the title role, for which Sundquist won an Amanda Award for best actor. He was awarded Gullruten for best direction in 2018 for the television series ''Grenseland''. He was co-director for the television series ', for which he was shortlisted for the Gullruten award in 2022. Lau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pål Sverre Hagen
Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen (born 6 November 1980) is a Norwegian stage and screen actor. He is perhaps best known internationally for playing Thor Heyerdahl in the Oscar and Golden Globe nominated film ''Kon-Tiki''. Early life and education Pål Hagen was born in Stavanger, Norway, the son of Roar Hagen, a Norwegian cartoonist who has long been associated with Norway's largest daily, '' VG''. He studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Theater in Oslo from 2000 to 2003. Stage career His stage debut was in 2003 in ''Frode Grytten's Bikubesong'' (Beehive Song) at Det Norske Teatret in Oslo. Hagen went on to play the title roles in Anthon Chekhov's Ivanov and Raskolnikov, based on Fjodor Dostojevski's Crime and punishment, both at Hålogaland Theater. In 2006 he became an official member of the repertory company at Det Norske Teatret, and performed there in ''Verdas mest forelska par'' (''World's Most-in-Love Couple''), ''Få meg på, for faen!'' (''Touch Me, For God's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Film Directors
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the two official written forms: **Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway **Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway *The Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian *Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian ** Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights * Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, merged with Scandinavian Airlines in 1951 * Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways * Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line * Norwegian Elkhound, a canine breed. * Norwegian Forest cat, a domestic feline breed * Norwegian Red, a breed of dairy cattle * Norwegian Township, Schuylkill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1966 Births
Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is deposed by a military coup in the Republic of Upper Volta (modern-day Burkina Faso). * January 10 ** Pakistani–Indian peace negotiations end successfully with the signing of the Tashkent Declaration, a day before the sudden death of Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. ** The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. ** A Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in Lagos, Nigeria, primarily to discuss Rhodesia. * January 12 – United States President Lyndon Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. * January 15 – 1966 Nigeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
95th Academy Awards
The 95th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), will honor films released in 2022, and is scheduled to take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California on March 12, 2023. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel will host the show for the third time, after having done so for the 89th and 90th editions of the ceremony. Schedule Winners and nominees Governors Awards On June 21, 2022, the Academy announced its winners of the 13th annual Governors Awards ceremony which was held on November 19, 2022, during which the Academy Honorary Awards and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award were presented to the following recipients: Academy Honorary Awards * Euzhan Palcy * Diane Warren * Peter Weir Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award * Michael J. Fox See also * List of submissions to the 95th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film * 80th Golden Globe Awards References External links * * Oscars Channelat YouTube (run by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best International Feature Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.80th Academy Awards – Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award . . Retrieved November 2, 2007. When the first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, to honor fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ine Marie Wilmann
Ine Marie Wilmann (born 18 February 1985) is a Norwegian stage, film and television actress. Her awards include Amanda in 2015 and 2023, and Gullruten in 2016. Biography Wilmann hails from Rykkinn in Bærum. She graduated from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts in 2011. She has had assignments for various theatres, including for Teatret Vårt, Riksteatret, Trøndelag Teater, Den Nationale Scene, and Oslo Nye Teater. Her tevision roles include the series ' (2007), the crime series ' (2014–2016), which earned her the Gullruten award in 2016, and ''Zombie-Lars'' (2017–2018). She played the character "Charlotte" in Anne Sewitsky’s film '' Homesick'', for which she received the Amanda Award for best actress in 2015. She played Sonja Henie Sonja Henie (8 April 1912 – 12 October 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic champion ( 1928, 1932, 1936) in women's singles, a ten-time World champion (1927–1936) and a six-time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristoffer Joner
Kristoffer Joner (born 19 September 1972) is a Norwegian actor. He is best known for his roles in '' Villmark'' and ''The Man Who Loved Yngve''. He was a part of Rogaland Teater when he was 14 years of age until his early 20s. He was one of the founders of Cementen pub located in Stavanger, Norway. In 1996, he got the role as Ståle Pettersen in an original NRK series called ''Offshore'', a role he kept until the shows cancellation in 2000. In the same year, he got his first movie role in a Pål Jackman movie by the name of Detektor, where he played the role of a satanist. In 2005, Joner received Amanda Award for best male actor, for his role in the movie '' Naboer'', and again in 2012 for his role in ''The Orheim Company''. Additionally, he is the nephew of musician Sverre Joner, and cousin of singer Alexandra Joner. Career Joner's films include ''Detector'', '' Mongoland'', '' Villmark'', ''Loose Ends'', ''Samaritan'', ''Min Misunnelige Frisør'', '' Kissed by Winter'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Toronto International Film Festival
The 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, the 47th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, is scheduled to be held from September 8 to 18, 2022. Festival organizers have indicated that the 2022 festival will be staged primarily in-person; a small selection of films may still be offered on the Digital TIFF Bell Lightbox platform, but this is expected to represent a much smaller proportion of the overall lineup than in 2020 and 2021.Barry Hertz"Daniel Craig’s Netflix thriller Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery to have world premiere at TIFF 2022" ''The Globe and Mail'', June 29, 2022. The festival is also slated to see the return of its networking and gala events, which were also suspended or held virtually in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. The full festival lineup is expected to be announced in July 2022; the first film announced for the festival was Rian Johnson's '' Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery''. The festival has also indicated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørn Sundquist
Bjørn Richard Sundquist (born 16 June 1948) is a Norwegian actor, famous for TV, theatre, and movie roles. For many years he worked at Det Norske Teatret and Nationaltheateret in Oslo, and he is especially famous for the roles as Merlin and Hamlet. When he received the Honorary Amanda Award (Norway's answer to Oscar) in 2000, he became the youngest ever recipient of the greatest honor in Norwegian film. He was 52 at the time and only a few months younger than Liv Ullmann, who received the honorary award in 1992. He is of Sami heritage on his mother's side (a minority originating mainly from the northern parts of the Scandinavian peninsula often referred to as Sápmi). He has had several TV-roles for both NRK, the biggest Norwegian television channel, and Norway's largest commercial channel, TV2. Sundquist has been awarded both a Gullruten and an Amanda award for his leading role as police chief Inspector Konrad Sejer in the television miniseries ''Sejer''. Sundquist is hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
