Martin Asphaug

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Martin Asphaug (born 28 April 1950) is a film director and screenwriter from Trondheim, Norway.

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With a background in writing and directing short films, industry documentaries and PSAs, Asphaug made his feature film debut with the award-winning 1989 film, A Handful of Time . [1]

Since 1992 Asphaug has primarily worked in Sweden, in several cases with SVT, directing episodes of Rederiet and the first season of Skärgårdsdoktorn . [2] Since 2000, Asphaug has worked on several projects from author Håkan Nesser, the first films of the Van Veeteren series (adaptations of The Mind's Eye , The Return and Woman with Birthmark ) and the 1962 period film Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö of 2005. [3] In 2007 he directed the first two films of the Irene Huss series by Helene Tursten.

He lives near Ystad in Skåne. [1] [2]

Filmography

Feature films:

TV series:

Short films:

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References

  1. 1 2 Szpiro, Mina, Plaskis (September 28, 2005). "Intervju med regissoren Martin Asphaug" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on April 16, 2008. Retrieved November 23, 2008.
  2. 1 2 Hohle Bjønness, Sigrid, Aftenposten (November 21, 2008). "Det er deilig å være norsk i Skåne" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on February 22, 2013.
  3. Svenska Dagbladet (June 5, 2004). "Norrman regisserar Nesserfilm". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish).