Harry Ivarson (September 7, 1892 – 1967) was a Norwegian film director and screenwriter. Ivarson was born in Chicago, the son of the actor

William Ivarson William Ivarson (March 9, 1867 – November 5, 1934) was a Norwegian actor. Ivarson was born in Horten. From 1899 until his death, he was one of the leading actors at the National Theater in Bergen. Ivarson was an energetic and versatile char ...

and actress Anna Ivarson. In addition to Harry, the couple had a son Wictor (born in 1893) and a daughter Borghild (born in 1895). In 1910 the family lived in Årstad. Ivarson studied film in the United States and Germany. He debuted as a director and screenwriter in Germany in 1923 with the film ''Wenn Männer richten'' under the pseudonym Harry Williams. He continued his career in Norway with the films '' Til sæters'' (1924), ''

Fager er lien ''Fager er lien'' (Fair Is the Hillside) is a Norwegian romantic silent film from 1925 directed by Harry Ivarson (his second feature film after his debut with ''Til sæters'' in 1924). Ivarson also wrote the screenplay. The film belongs to the ...

'' (1925), '' Simen Mustrøens besynderlige opplevelser'' (1926), ''

Madame besøker Oslo ''Madame besøker Oslo'' (Madame Visits Oslo) is a Norwegian silent film from 1927. The original screenplay was written by Alf Rød, but the film was produced based on a version of the screenplay reworked by Harry Ivarson and Gurly Drangshol ...

'' (1927), and '' Den glade enke i Trangvik'' (1927), which was his last silent film. In the 1930s, Ivarson switched to

sound film A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed befo ...

s, and together with Per Aabel he directed ''

Jeppe på bjerget ''Jeppe on the Hill; Or, The Transformed Peasant'' ( da, Jeppe på bjerget) is a Danish comedy by the Norwegian playwright Ludvig Holberg, written during the time of the Dano-Norwegian dual monarchy. The play premiered at the Lille Grønnegade ...

'' in 1933. He directed his last film in 1943, the documentary ''

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

''. Ivarson was the head of the NRK office in Bergen during the Second World War.

Filmography

Director

* 1923: ''Wenn Männer richten'' * 1924: '' Til sæters'' * 1925: ''

'' * 1926: '' Simen Mustrøens besynderlige opplevelser'' * 1927: ''

'' * 1927: '' Den glade enke i Trangvik'' * 1933: ''

'' * 1943: ''

Screenwriter

* 1923: ''Wenn Männer richten'' * 1924: '' Til sæters'' * 1925: ''

'' * 1926: '' Simen Mustrøens besynderlige opplevelser'' * 1927: ''

'' * 1927: '' Den glade enke i Trangvik'' * 1933: ''

'' * 1943: ''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivarson, Harry Norwegian film directors Norwegian screenwriters Film directors from Illinois 1892 births 1967 deaths 20th-century screenwriters