Erik Skjoldbjærg

Erik Skjoldbjærg, 2013

Erik Skjoldbjærg (born December 14, 1964 in Tromsø , Norway ) is a Norwegian film director and screenwriter.

life and work

Erik Skjoldbjærg graduated from the National Film and Television School in London in 1997 . Internationally known he is written and directed the film sleep of death (original title: Insomnia , with Stellan Skarsgård and Maria Mathiesen ) in 1997. The film was shown in the section "Semaine de la Critique" at the 50th International Film Festival of Cannes in same year. In 2002 Christopher Nolan made a US adaptation with Al Pacino and Robin Williams . Also internationally known is Prozac Nation - My Life with the Psychopill , which is based on the autobiography Damned Beautiful World by the music journalist Elizabeth Wurtzel . His oil rig diving drama, Pioneer , was featured in the Special Presentation Section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival .

Filmography

As a director

• 1993: Vinterveien , short film
• 1994: Close to Home , short film
• 1996: Spor , short film
• 1997: Death Sleep
• 2001: Prozac Nation - My life with the psychopill
• 2004: Skolen (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2005: En folkefiende ( An Enemy of the People )
• 2006: Størst av alt (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2010: Nokas (2010)
• 2013: Pioneer
• 2015: Occupied (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2016: Pyromaniac - Before I Burn

As a screenwriter

• 1993: Vinterveien , short film
• 1994: Close to Home , short film
• 1996: Spor
• 1997: Death sleep , together with Nikolaj Frobenius
• 2002 Insomnia , based on the 1997 screenplay, adapted by Hillary Seitz
• 2005: En folkefiende
• 2013: Pioneer
• 2015: Occupied (TV series, 7 episodes)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pioneer . In: TIFF . Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 10, 2013. 

Web links

• Erik Skjoldbjærg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Erik Skjoldbjærg on filmweb.no (Norwegian)
• Skjoldbjærg on filmfront.no (Norwegian)