Ole Giæver (born 19 July 1977, in

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), is a Saami film director, screenwriter and actor from Norway. He was educated at the Nordland Art and Film College in

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and

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in Stockholm. His debut feature film was ''The Mountain'', released 2011. His second feature was ''

Out of Nature ''Out of Nature'' ( no, Mot naturen) is a 2014 Norwegian comedy film written, co-directed by and starring Ole Giæver with Marte Vold as co-director. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Fi ...

'' in which he also played the leading role, for which he was awarded

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for Best Actor in 2015. His third feature ''From the Balcony'' is set to be released in 2017.

Filmography

* ''Kjærlighetsunivers her hvor de møtes'' - 2002, short film * ''The Pledge'' - 2003, short film * ''Tiden er min venn'' - 2003, short film * ''Forspill'' - 2004, short film * ''Testen'' - 2005, short film * ''Blokk B'' - 2006, short film * ''I Tommy'' - 2007, short film * ''Sommerhuset'' - 2008, featurette * ''The Mountain (Fjellet)'' - 2011 * ''

(Mot naturen)'' - 2014 * '' From the Balcony (Fra balkongen)'' - 2017 * ''Let the River Flow (Ellos eatnu - La elva leve)'' - 2023

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Giaever, Ole 1977 births 21st-century Norwegian male actors Living people Sámi actors Sámi film directors Sámi screenwriters Norwegian film directors Norwegian male film actors Norwegian screenwriters People from Tromsø