Anne Sewitsky (born 12 January 1978) is a Norwegian film director. Her 2010 film '' Happy, Happy'' was selected as the Norwegian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the

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, but did not make the final shortlist. In 2015, her film Homesick was one of three films shortlisted by Norway to be their submission for the

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at the

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, but it lost out to '' The Wave''. In 2019, she directed the ''

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'' episode " Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too"; and the episodes "Ties That Bind" and "The Laughing Place" from the TV series '' Castle Rock''.

Filmography

Film *'' Happy, Happy'' (2010) *''

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'' (2011) *'' Homesick'' (2015) Television *'' Himmelblå'' (2008), 4 episodes *" Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too" (2019), episode of ''

'' *"Ties That Bind" (2019) and "The Laughing Place" (2019), episode of '' Castle Rock'' *"Port Funchon, LA" (2020), episode of '' Monsterland'' * '' A Very British Scandal (2021), miniseries

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* Living people 1978 births Norwegian film directors Norwegian women film directors {{Norway-film-director-stub