John Andreassen (born 26 August 1943, in

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who has been behind a number of TV productions for the

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. He was in 2000 the country's only teacher of Multi-Camera Production and has taught at Lillehammer University College. He has been with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation since 1964.Dagbladet - Selvportrettet (24.3.2000)
/ref> Andreassen has produced TV programmes including ''

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'', '' LørDan'' and '' Lørdagsredaksjonen''. As well as TV productions, he also produced the opening ceremonies for the

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, the

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, the opening of Gardermoen in 1998,

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in 1986 and the Millennium Show at Rådhusplassen in Oslo.

Awards

In 2008, Andreassen was awarded

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's Course Prize. The

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described him in 1989 as one of Europe's foremost TV producers. On 10 Aug. 2013, Andreassen was awarded the

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for his significance to the development of Norwegian television and TV-entertainment. The Director-General of the Norwegian Broadcasting,

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, handed Andreassen the award during a live broadcast of the show ''Sommeråpent''.

References

1943 births Living people Norwegian television producers NRK people Academic staff of Lillehammer University College {{Norway-tv-bio-stub