Thomas Nordseth-Tiller (27 November 1980 – 12 May 2009) was a

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. He was behind the 2008 film ''

Max Manus Maximo Guillermo "Max" Manus DSO, MC & Bar (9 December 1914 – 20 September 1996) was a Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II, specialising in sabotage in occupied Norway. After the war he wrote several books about his adventure ...

'', which was widely viewed and discussed.

Career

Nordseth-Tiller hailed from

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, and studied film in

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and

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. He wrote the screenplay for the 2008 film ''

''. The film became a commercial success, with the second highest number of cinema viewers in Norway (second only to ''

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''). Moreover, it sparked a public debate on the real-life

and the

Norwegian resistance movement The Norwegian resistance (Norwegian: ''Motstandsbevegelsen'') to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945. It took several forms: *Asserting the legitimacy of the exiled government, ...

in general. After ''Max Manus'', Nordseth-Tiller announced that he was working on a screenplay about Communist resistance member

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. He also wrote a screenplay based on the autobiography of robber Martin Pedersen. However, in early 2009 he suddenly contracted

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. He was hospitalized for the last months of his life, and died in early May, the same day as ''Max Manus'' premiered in Sweden. In August he received a posthumous Amanda Award for his work.

References

Norwegian screenwriters Male screenwriters People from Lørenskog Deaths from cancer in Norway 1980 births 2009 deaths 20th-century screenwriters {{Norway-film-bio-stub