Pål Sletaune (born 4 March 1960) is a Norwegian

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and photographer. His films include '' Junk Mail'', ''

Naboer ''Naboer'' () is a 2005 Norwegian psychological thriller film, directed by Pål Sletaune. In the movie, the protagonist John (Kristoffer Joner) is drawn into a violent, sexual game by his two beautiful female neighbours. ''Naboer'' received an ...

'' and '' The Monitor''. He was awarded the

Amanda Award The Amanda Award () is an award given annually at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway, to promote and improve Norwegian film. The award originated in 1985, and has since 2005 been exclusively a film award (not telev ...

in 1997, and the

Fritt Ord Honorary Award Fritt Ord Award consists of two prizes awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation (''Stiftelsen Fritt Ord''). Two prizes are awarded in support of freedom of speech and freedom of expression; the Fritt Ord Award () and the Fritt Ord Honorary Award (). ...

in 2020.

Early life

Born in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

he attended Asker high school and studied still photography at Sogn vocational school.

Career

Sletaune's film '' Junk Mail'' about a snooping Oslo postman was awarded the

for best Norwegian film in 1997. Among his other films are ''Amatørene'' (2001), the thriller ''

'' (2005), and '' The Monitor'' (2011, originally known as ''Babycall'') which starred

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. He famously rejected an offer to direct '' American Beauty''. Alongside other Norwegian film directors, Sletaune directed two episodes in the first season of '' Occupied'', which was at the time the most expensive home television drama. In 2020, Sletaune directed the six episodes of the television series ''22. juli''. He was also the show's writer and creator, alongside his wife Sara Johnsen. He was awarded the

in 2020, along with Sara Johnsen.

Selected filmography

* ''Merz'' (1991) * ''Bingoplassen'' (1992) * ''Eating Out'' (1993) * '' Junk Mail'' (1997) * ''Amatørene'' (2001) * ''

'' (2005) * '' The Monitor'' (2011)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sletaune, Paal 1960 births Living people Film people from Oslo Norwegian film directors