Finn Gjerdrum (born 20 March 1961, in

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) is a Norwegian film producer. Gjerdrum started his career making short films with

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. His first feature-length movie was Hamer's critically acclaimed ''

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'', which was awarded the

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for best Norwegian film in 1995. Gjerdrum has produced several high profile, successful Norwegian movies, including ''

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'', ''

A Somewhat Gentle Man ''A Somewhat Gentle Man'' ( and also known as ''Regnskap'') is a 2010 Norwegian crime comedy film directed by Hans Petter Moland. It premiered on 19 March 2010, and was the sixth feature-film directed by Hans Petter Moland. It was nominated fo ...

'', '' Troubled Water'', '' The Last King'' and ''

The King's Choice ''The King's Choice'' (, meaning "The King's No") is a 2016 biographical war film directed by Erik Poppe. It is a co-production of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Ireland, and was selected as the Norwegian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film ...

'', as well as international production such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Together with

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and Harald Rosenløw-Eeg, Gjerdrum was nominated for the

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in 2005, for the film ''

Hawaii, Oslo ''Hawaii, Oslo'' is a 2004 Norwegian drama film, directed by Erik Poppe with a screenplay by Harald Rosenløw Eeg. It stars Trond Espen Seim, Aksel Hennie, Jan Gunnar Røise and Petronella Barker. The film's music was composed by John Eri ...

'', but lost to ''

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''.

Filmography

* 2020 - Utmark (TV Series) (producer) (pre-production) * 2019 - Cold Pursuit (producer - produced by) * 2018 - Utøya: July 22 (producer) * 2018 - Per Fugelli: Siste resept (Documentary) (producer) * 2017 - Ekspedisjon Knerten (producer) * 2016 -

(producer) * 2016 - The Last King (executive producer) / (producer) * 2015 - My Name Is Emily (co-producer) * 2014 -

(executive producer) / (producer) * 2013 -

1,000 Times Good Night ''A Thousand Times Good Night'' () is an Irish-Norwegian produced English language 2013 drama film directed by Erik Poppe and starring Juliette Binoche, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Larry Mullen Jr. and Mads Ousdal. Plot Rebecca ...

(executive producer) / (producer) * 2013 - Mormor og de åtte ungene (producer) * 2013 - Before Snowfall (producer) * 2012 - Outside Comfort (Short) (producer) * 2011 -

(co-producer) * 2011 - Knerten i knipe (producer) * 2010 - Twigson Ties the Knot (producer) * 2010 - Pax (producer) * 2010 -

(producer) * 2009 - ''

Rottenetter ''Rottenetter'' (Rat Nights) is a Norwegian film from 2009. It was directed by Arild Østin Ommundsen, and it is his third feature film. Østin Ommundsen write the screenplay together with Arild Rein. The film closed the Norwegian Internatio ...

'' (producer) * 2009 - Knerten (producer) * 2009 - Spøkelset Martin (Documentary short) (producer) * 2008 - Fatso (producer) * 2008 - Troubled Water (producer) * 2007 - Supernova (Short) (producer) * 2007 - Andre omgang (producer) * 2006 - Nora (Short) (producer) * 2006 - Animal Alpha: Bundy (Short) (producer) * 2005 - Pitbullterje (producer) * 2005 - The Giant (Documentary) (executive producer) / (producer) * 2004 - Hawaii, Oslo (producer) * 2004 - Cry in the Woods (executive producer) / (producer) * 2003 - The Beast of Beauty (producer) * 2003 - Bulle bare bor her (Short) (producer) * 2002 - Scars (producer) * 2001 - Syndare i sommarsol (co-producer) * 2001 - Stuck (Short) (producer) * 2000 - Prop and Berta (co-producer) * 2000 -

(associate producer) * 1998 - Bloody Angels (producer) * 1998 - Bunch of Five (producer) * 1998 - Water Easy Reach (executive producer) * 1995 - Eggs (producer)

References

External links

* 1961 births Living people Norwegian film producers People from Sandefjord {{Norway-film-bio-stub