Pål Jackman (born 20 September 1967, in

Haugesund Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern ...

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) is a Norwegian

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, p ...

and musician. As a musician he appears under the name Jackman, both as a solo artist and with his own alternative rock trio. In the trio format has with him his brother Morten Jackman on drums and John Lilja on bass. The trio has released an EP and an album, both named Jackman. He has also previously served as the frontman and songwriter in the band Wunderkammer who released two albums. Jackman has directed shorts and advertising films and received attention for his first

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

, Benny – a playful and easygoing film in both style and content. Jackman studied television and direction at the University College in

Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...

, and has also enjoyed significant success with his

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-inspired orchestra ''Wunderkammer''. Jackman and ''Wunderkammer'' have also written the score for several shorts and documentaries. Jackman made his feature debut in 2000 with ''

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''. The film was entered into the

23rd Moscow International Film Festival The 23rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 21 to 30 June 2001. The Golden St. George was awarded to the American film '' The Believer'' directed by Henry Bean. Jury * Margarethe von Trotta (Germany – President of the Jury) * Jia ...

. He has since written and directed one of the 5 short films in ''5 grøss fra Vestlandet'' (5 horrors of Western Norway) and his second feature-length film, ''Jernanger'', which premiered in 2009.

Discography

Wunderkammer

*''Wunderkammer'' (1999) *''Today I Cannot Hear Music'' (2002) *''B-sides'' (2003)

Jackman

*''Jackman EP'' (2005) *''Jackman'' (2006)

Filmography

*''Benny'' (1998) *''

'' (2000) *'' 5 grøss fra Vestlandet'' (2007) *'' Shooting the Sun'' (US title: ''The Storm in My Heart'') Norwegian title Jernanger (2009)

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackman, Paal 1967 births Living people Norwegian film directors