Arne Skouen

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Arne Skouen

Arne Skouen (born October 18, 1913 in Kristiania , † May 24, 2003 in Bærum ) was a Norwegian film director , journalist , screenwriter and writer . From 1949 Skouen lived in Eiksmarka , a part of the municipality of Bærum in Fylke Akershus . For an extended period of time he also lived in Great Britain , the United States and Sweden . He was also chairman of the Norske dramatist Forbund from 1967 to 1972 .

Life

Skouen was born in Oslo as the son of the clerk Peder N. Skouen . He first worked as a seaman from 1933 to 1934 and from 1935 as a sports editor at Dagbladet .

After a short time as a freelancer at Dagbladet, Skouen was given a permanent position as a sports editor. He lost his job due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II . He left Norway, worked for a Norwegian radio station in London and then studied journalism in New York.

From 1946 he worked as a journalist and worked in the sports and culture section of the daily newspaper Verdens Gang and from 1947 to 1957 culture editor again at Dagbladet from 1971 to 1995. He also worked as a journalist in Stockholm , London from 1943 to 1945 (for the NRK ) and in New York .

After returning to Norway in 1946, he suggested to Einar Skavlan , then editor of the Dagbladets , that this newspaper be published in tabloid format , modeled on the New York Post . However, Skavlan rejected Skouen's ideas, whereupon he gave up the job at the newspaper. Skouen then switched to the newly founded daily Verdens Gang in Oslo's Akersgata . He worked regularly as a sports and culture journalist for more than ten years and was also active as a writer, screenwriter and idea generator. Skouen also wrote several film reviews for the Norwegian press. Since 1957 he has become a central figure for the Verdens Gang . Among other things, he supported the editors-in-chief of the newspaper, Einar Munthe-Kaas and Arne Bonde , in 1963 with the changeover to the tabloid format and the layout of the pages.

Towards the end of the 1960s, Arne Skouen switched back to the Dagbladet as a freelancer , but was largely active as a director and screenwriter in various films and wrote a few books. Skouen had a daughter who was diagnosed with autism . In the “Ytring” (Freedom) section of the Dagbladets , he wrote regularly and campaigned vehemently for the rights of disabled people in society, which Skouen attracted more attention in the Norwegian press. Among other things, he sharply criticized articles about the Norwegian special schools, which he believed had a devastating effect on the children. His three films Om Tilla (1963), Vaktposten (1965) and Reisen til havet (1966) also deal with the subject of mentally handicapped children and society's reaction to them. From 1971 Skouen was again permanently employed at Dagbladet and mainly worked on cultural contributions, such as the features section and as a commentator.

Despite his varied activities, he had never given up sports journalism entirely. He worked as a journalist for the Dagbladet and the Verdens Gang at several Olympic Games and World Championships. In 1936 he was the youngest accredited and registered journalist at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin . In 1994 he was the oldest accredited journalist at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer .

Screenwriter and filmmaker

Parallel to his career as a journalist, he wrote a novel about a fictional young sailor. In 1939 he made his debut as a playwright with the play Ansikt mot ansikt (Face to Face) and in 1941 he wrote the screenplay for the play Barn av solen (Children of the Sun), which was a great success. During the Second World War, Skouen fled to Sweden and settled in Stockholm in 1943, where he came into contact with well-known personalities such as Ingmar Bergman and Tutte Lemkow . He gained his first film experience in Stockholm before writing several synopses on short and feature films. After the Second World War he wrote the novels Fest i Port des Galets and Gategutter and made his debut in 1949 as a director and screenwriter with the film Gategutter based on his novel of the same name. Kristoffer Aamot , the then chairman of the board of the Oslo-based company Norsk Film A / S , had previously asked him if he would also make a film of his novel. Skouen's 1949 film Gategutter has often been compared in his home country to Vittorio de Sica's 1948 bicycle thieves and referred to as Norwegian neorealism .

After this debut, Skouen worked on a variety of Norwegian films. His best-known works include the war film As far as the forces can ( Ni liv ) from 1957 and the classic comedy Bussen from 1961. His film As far as the force is enough was nominated in 1958 for an Oscar in the category Best Foreign Language Film .

His film Der Herr und seine Diener ( Herren og hans tjenere ) was presented in competition at the 1959 Berlin International Film Festival .

In 1962 his film Kalde spor was presented at the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival .

Filmography

Director and screenwriter

producer

  • 1957: As far as the forces can reach ( Ni liv )

bibliography

  • High school student (1932)
  • Jeg er sjømann og sytten år (1935)
  • Nå skulde Ruth sett mig (1937)
  • Norske Gutter Krysser Ekvator (1940)
  • Barn av solen (1941, filmed in 1955)
  • Førstemann to Lindesnes (1942)
  • Gullstolen (1942)
  • 66 skinnbrev fra Oslo (1943). Diaries from everyday life in occupied Norway, published in Sweden (under the pseudonym Bjørn Stallare )
  • Tre små enaktere (1943)
  • Jon Vannskrekk (1947) (under the pseudonym Terje Rakke )
  • Fest i Port des Galets (1947)
  • Gategutter (1948, made into a film)
  • Leirplassen (1950)
  • Circus Fandango (1953)
  • Bare om barn (1959)
  • Pappa tar gull (1962, made into a film)
  • Pappas dans (1964)
  • Pappa blir voksen (1966)
  • Rettferd for de handicappede (1966)
  • De veldedige politikerne (1969)
  • Tusen kyss fra Baghdad (1970)
  • Alle elsket enken (1970) (detective novel under the pseudonym Axel Barr e)
  • Farlig weekend (1971) (detective novel under the pseudonym Axel Barre )
  • Sir Williams bohemer (1972)
  • Ytringer (1973)
  • Nye ytringer (1976)
  • Ballerina (1976)
  • Flere Ytringer (1980)
  • Sigrid Undset skriver hjem (1981)
  • Bess (1982)
  • Tre filmer og to skuespill (1993)
  • En journalists erindringer (1996)
  • Jøssingene på Sehesteds plass (2002)

In addition, several of Skouen's books have been translated from Norwegian into other languages.

Prices (selection)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners ( Memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b IMDB.com: Awards for The Master and His Servants ( English ) In: imdb.com . Retrieved January 7, 2010.
  3. ↑ 3rd Moscow International Film Festival (1963) ( English ) In: MIFF . Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved on December 1, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Skouen, Arne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian journalist, director, screenwriter and author
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Kristiania , Norway
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 2003
Place of death Bærum , Norway