Erik Gustavson is a Norwegian film director and producer. He started out as a camera assistant and eventually moved on to cameraman before starting to work as a director in 1981.
He has directed seven feature films, including ''
Herman'', ''The Telegraphist'' (an adaptation of
Knut Hamsun
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's novel ''
Dreamers
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Books
* "Dreamers", a 1918 war poem by Siegfried Sassoon
* "The Dreamers" (play), a 1982 play by Jack Davis
* ''The Dreamers'' (novel series), a 2003–06 fantasy series by David Eddings and Leigh Eddings
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''), and ''Sophieʼs World'', all three of which enjoyed multi market theatrical release. ''The Telegraphist'' was entered into the
43rd Berlin International Film Festival
The 43rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 February 1993.
The Golden Bear was jointly awarded to American-Taiwanese film '' The Wedding Banquet'' directed by Ang Lee and Chinese film '' Woman Sesame Oil Maker'' di ...
.
In addition to his feature films, Gustavson has directed and produced approximately four hundred commercials world-wide for a variety of international markets.
Gustavson has published articles and produced documentaries about the craft of filmmaking, and occasionally taught the subject abroad.
Among the international awards that Gustavson has received are: Seven nominations for the
Amanda Award
The Amanda Award () is an award given annually at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway, to promote and improve Norwegian film. The award originated in 1985, and has since 2005 been exclusively a film award (not telev ...
, and three Amanda wins including Best Norwegian Short Film (1985), Best Norwegian Feature Film (1991), and Best Nordic Feature Film (1993);
List of Amanda winners
. Retrieved 9 March 2010. Two Golden Pencil Awards for Best Norwegian Commercial, one Gold Award for Best Nordic Director; and three Eurobest Awards in different categories for commercials. In 2019 first prize for best VR fictional the Aesthetica festival in UK with the 12 minute scripted volumetric-capture VR drama " Virtual viking - the ambush"
Since 2002 Gustavson has been based in Norway and in Italy
Present: Founding partner and creative director in the media company 21 Media SRL in Rome, as well as for : www.nativenorway.com in Norway
Founding partner and creative director of www.thevikingplanet.com. Sole owner of media company Robin Hund AS
References
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1955 births
Living people
Norwegian film directors