Berit Nesheim

Berit Nesheim (born January 28, 1945 in Trondheim ) is a Norwegian director and screenwriter .

life and work

Berit Nesheim grew up in Bergen . In Oslo she studied languages, literature and psychology at the university. She mainly worked for Norwegian television , mostly for TV series. In the 1990s, her successful portraits of teenage girls, produced as feature films, made an important contribution to the revitalization of Norwegian children's and youth films . In addition to several feature films, she has also directed other Norwegian television productions. For the Norwegian films Sonntagsengel ( Søndagsengler ) from 1996 and for Evas Auge ( Evas øye ) from 1999, Nesheim worked as both director and screenwriter.

Her debut film Frida - with the heart in hand won the 1992 Amanda Award for best film (Årets norske spillefilm) at Den norske filmfestivalen (International Norwegian Film Festival) and other prizes at international festivals. Norway also submitted this film to the 64th Academy Awards in 1991 in the “ Best Foreign Language Film ” category ; however, he was not nominated. However, five years later, Sonntagsengel received the nomination for an Oscar in the same category; The film won awards at a number of other international festivals.

Filmography

• 1988: Tungekysset (short film)
• 1991: Frida - with her heart in hand (feature film, Frida - med hjetzt i hånden )
• 1996: Offshore (TV series)
• 1993: Higher than Heaven ( Høyere enn Himmelen )
• 1996: Sunday Angel ( Søndagsengler )
• 1998: No. 13 (TV series)
• 1999: Eva's Eye ( Eva's øye )
• 2000: Soria Moria (TV series)
• 2002: Brigades (TV series)
• 2004: Skolen (TV series)
• 2006: En udødelig mann (TV series)

Web links

• Berit Nesheim in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Berit Nesheim on filmfront.no (Norwegian)
• Berit Nesheim on snl.no in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
• Biography about Berit Nesheim on nbl.snl.no in Norsk biografisk leksikon (Norwegian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Trond Olav Svendsen: Berit Nesheim , Gunnar Iversen Berit Nesheim , both in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian). Retrieved April 14, 2010.
2. ^ Program of the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck 2005: Frida - Med hjetzt i hånden. Retrieved on April 14, 2010.
   Printed: Catalog of the 33rd Nordic Film Days, Lübeck 1991, p. 24.
   after (Press Office Wolfgang W. Werner, Office Hamburg Doris Bandhold: Frida - with the heart in hand , German press booklet for the film from Distribution impulse; as pdf on DVD Frida - with her heart in hand , Kinowelt Home Entertainment GmbH, Leipzig (Arthaus) 2008) she studied pedagogy and psychology.
3. ^ Royal Norwegian Embassy in Switzerland: Children and Film. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 14, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
4. ↑ Amandavinnere 1985-2009. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 14, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )   , list of award winners from 1985 to 2009 on the official website of Den norske filmfestivalen (pdf, 482 kB; Norwegian).