Jens Lien (born 14 September 1967) is a

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. He graduated from the

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in 1993. His graduation project was the short film ''Montana'', that was featured at the short film festival in

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that year. in 1995 he again participated in this festival, with the entry ''Mitt elektriske kjøkken'' (My Electrical Kitchen). Lien went on to make the short films (Shut the Door, 2000) and ''Naturlige Briller'' (Natural Glasses, 2001).See Lien's IMDb page. Both of these films were based on scripts by

Per Schreiner Per Schreiner (14 July 1932 – 28 October 2005) was a Norwegian economist and civil servant. He was born in Oslo as a son of Fredrik Schreiner (1905–1988) and Signy Rønneberg (1903–1983). He was a grandson of Kristian and Alette Schreiner a ...

, and both were featured at the

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. In addition to this Lien has also made a number of advertisements. In 2003 he had his feature film debut with the movie ''

Jonny Vang ''Jonny Vang'' is a Norwegian film from 2003. It was directed by Jens Lien after a script by Ståle Stein Berg. The music was composed by the band Calexico. The plot is a drama-comedy from the Norwegian countryside, where the protagonist Jonny Va ...

''. The movie was selected for the Berlin Film Festival. The movie was awarded an Amanda Award for "Best Actor" (

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) in 2003. It was also nominated in the category "Best Film", but lost out to

Bent Hamer Bent Hamer (born 18 December 1956) is a film director, writer and producer, born in Sandefjord, Norway in 1956. Biography Hamer studied film theory and literature at the University of Stockholm and the Stockholm Film School. In addition to his ...

's ''

Salmer fra kjøkkenet ''Kitchen Stories'' ( no, Salmer fra Kjøkkenet) is a 2003 Norwegian film by Bent Hamer, director of ''Eggs'' and '' O' Horten.'' Plot Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway to study Norwegian men, in an effort to help optimize their ...

''. Lien's next major film project was ''

Den brysomme mannen ''The Bothersome Man'' ( no, Den brysomme mannen, links=no) is a 2006 Norwegian film. It was directed by Jens Lien after a script by Per H. V. Schreiner. The film stars Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Petronella Barker and Per Schaaning. The story is about ...

'' (''The Bothersome Man'') (2006). This film was again the result of a cooperation with Per Schreiner; it was based on a story originally written for

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, recorded two years before it was adapted for the screen. Lien later said in an interview that the script made such a great impression on him that he was unable to sleep after first reading it. The film was awarded three Amandas in 2006: for "Best Direction", "Best Screenplay" and "Best Actor" (

Trond Fausa Aurvåg Trond Fausa Aurvåg (born 2 December 1972) is a Norwegian actor, film director, and poet. After graduating from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 2001, he has acted at Oslo Nye Teater since 2001. Here he has acted in plays such as '' ...

). It was also nominated in the categories "Best Film" and "Best Actress" ( Petronella Barker). ''Den brysomme mannen'' has won more than 20 international awards, including the ACID Award (Agence du Cinéma Indépendant pour sa Diffusion) at the

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. In 2011 his next feature film ''

Sønner av Norge "Sønner av Norge" (originally "Sønner af Norge", ) is the common title of the song "Norsk Nationalsang" (), which was the ''de facto'' national anthem of Norway from 1820 until the early 20th century. From the mid-1860s, "Ja, vi elsker dette lan ...

'' (''Sons of Norway'') premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. The film features a cameo performance by

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(aka Johnny Rotten). It premiered in Norway at the same time. In 2014 he directed the mini series ''Viva hate'' for SVT (Swedish television). The series was three 60-minute episodes, and was a romantic comedy about rock 'n' roll set in Gothenburg's vital music scene in the early 1990s.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lien, Jens 1967 births Living people Norwegian film directors