Eva Isaksen

Last updated

Eva Isaksen
Born (1956-05-22) May 22, 1956 (age 67)
OccupationFilm director

Eva Isaksen (born 22 May 1956) is a Norwegian film director. She directed her first feature film Burning Flowers (Brennende blomster 1985) with Eva Dahr, and has worked as an assistant on a number of films, including Sweetwater (1988) by Lasse Glomm, Wayfarers (Landstrykere 1989) by Ola Solum, and The Dive (Dykket 1989) by Tristan de Vere Cole. In 1990 she directed Death at Oslo Central ( Døden på Oslo S ), about the two boys Pelle and Proffen, based on the novels for young people by Ingvar Ambjørnsen, a Norwegian author living in Hamburg. Two years later she presented her third feature film Homo Falsus ( Det perfekte mord 1992). [1] [2]

Related Research Articles

<i>Autumn Sonata</i> 1978 drama film by Ingmar Bergman

Autumn Sonata is a 1978 drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, and starring Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann and Lena Nyman. Its plot follows a celebrated classical pianist and her neglected daughter who meet for the first time in years, and chronicles their painful discussions of how they have hurt each other. It was the first and only collaboration by Ingrid Bergman and Ingmar Bergman.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen</span> Former Norwegian princess

Princess Ragnhild, Mrs Lorentzen, was the eldest child of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden. She was the older sister of King Harald V and Princess Astrid. She was the first royal to have been born in Norway since the Middle Ages. In 1953 she married the industrialist Erling Lorentzen, a member of the Lorentzen family of shipping magnates. In the same year they moved to Brazil, where her husband was an industrialist and a main owner of Aracruz Celulose. She lived in Brazil until her death 59 years later.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Åse Kleveland</span> Norwegian musician, politician and activist

Åse Maria Kleveland is a Norwegian singer, guitarist, politician and activist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eva Bergh</span> Norwegian actress (1926–2013)

Eva Bergh was a Norwegian actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Unni Lindell</span> Norwegian writer

Unni Maria Lindell is a Norwegian writer. She is best known for her crime novels (whodunits), but has also written a collection of poems and several children's and young adult books.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Torbjørn Røe Isaksen</span> Norwegian politician

Torbjørn Røe Isaksen is a Norwegian politician, MP for the Conservative Party who served as Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion from 2020 to 2021. He previously served as Minister of Trade and Industry from 2018 to 2020 and Minister of Education and Research from October 2013 to January 2018; except from September to November 2017 when he was on parental leave and his duties were undertaken by Henrik Asheim.

Eva Frederikke Dahr was a Norwegian film director, playwright, and film producer. She studied at Volda University College and the Bela Balaz studio in Budapest, Hungary.

Torill Thorstad Hauger was a Norwegian novelist, children's writer, non-fiction writer and illustrator. She was the author of a number of prize-winning novels with historical themes for children and teenagers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eva Nansen</span> Opera singer

Eva Helene Nansen was a celebrated Norwegian mezzo-soprano singer. She was also a pioneer of women's skiing.

1996: Pust på meg!, also known as simply Pust på meg, is a 1997 Norwegian drama film directed by Eva Dahr, Oddvar Einarson, Mona J. Hoel, Marius Holst and Eva Isaksen, and starring Krister Henriksson, Frits Helmuth, Stina Ekblad, Erik Hivju and Bjørn Sundquist. Four different scenes are being played out in an apartment in Oslo one day in April 1996.

Burning Flowers is a 1985 Norwegian drama film directed by Eva Dahr and Eva Isaksen, based on a story by Lars Saabye Christensen, and starring Torstein Hølmebakk and Lise Fjeldstad. The film is about the teenager Hermann (Hølmebakk) who develops a relationship with the middle-aged Rosa (Fjeldstad).

Cellofan – med døden til følge is a 1998 Norwegian crime film directed by Eva Isaksen, starring Andrine Sæther and Sverre Anker Ousdal. The young journalist Marianne Hovden (Sæther) is instructed by her father on his deathbed to burn a box of letters hidden in his attic. Defying his wish, she reads the letters, where he is accused of the murder of a young woman 25 years ago. Convinced of her father's innocence, she travels to the small village where the murder took place, to solve the mystery.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Siri Nilsen</span> Norwegian singer (born 1985 in Oslo)

Siri Anne Nilsen is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and voice actress. "As the daughter of two folksingers, Lillebjørn and Shari Nilsen, she grew up surrounded by music." Nilsen is noted for the sincerity of her song writing and the clarity and range of her voice, characterized as "unique" and "beautiful". During her first two albums she often accompanied her singing with a ukulele, which she plays in a fingerpicking style.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jannike Kruse</span> Norwegian singer, artist and actor (born 1975)

Jannike Kruse is a Norwegian singer, artist and actor. Daughter of Professor and composer Bjørn Howard Kruse and Professor and author Gro Shetelig, sister of Anine and Benedikte Kruse known from the vocal group Pitsj, niece to Philip Antony Kruse and grand child of Colonel Erling Kruse, as well as teacher in music and piano Else Grieg Shetelig.

Ingvild Landvik Isaksen is a Norwegian former footballer. She made her debut for the Norway women's national football team in 2009 and represented her country at the 2009 and 2013 editions of the UEFA Women's Championship.

Isaksen is a Norwegian surname. In 2015, there were 4,719 people with this surname in Norway. The name is a patronymic meaning 'son of Isak'. Notable people with the surname include:

Mother's Elling is a 2003 Norwegian comedy film directed by Eva Isaksen. It is one of a series of four films featuring the Elling character. The film made $3,315,075 according to BoxOfficeMojo.

Over stork og stein is a Norwegian comedy from 1994 directed by Eva Isaksen. The film had its premiere on 2 September 1994 at Saga kino.

Kitty Lossius was a Norwegian teacher and novelist. She had a publishing career that lasted nearly fifty years.

Himmel og helvete is a Norwegian propaganda film from 1969 directed by Øyvind Vennerød with a screenplay by Vennerød and Victor Borg. The film was poorly received by the critics, but it nonetheless became one of the highest-grossing theater films in Norway in 1969. Lillebjørn Nilsen and Sigrid Huun played the main characters Arne and Eva.

References