Margreth Olin Mykløen (often referred to as Margreth Olin, born April 16, 1970, in Stranda) is a Norwegian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. She is educated at the

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and

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. She is best known for her documentaries, in which she highlights the weak in society. She has received many national and international awards for her work.

Biography

Olin made her directorial debut with the school production ''In the House of Love'' (1995). In 1998 her first full-length documentary ''In the House of Angels'' was released theatrically in Norway. It later received many awards, among them the

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for the best documentary. Her breakthrough came with the film ''My body'' which also won the

. It won The Golden Chair and the Audience award at the Norwegian shortfilmfestival in

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. ''My body'' created a big debate in the media. It won awards abroad where it participated at numerous festivals. Among them it was nominated and given a diploma at the Silver Wolf competition IDFA (2002). ''Raw Youth'' has been seen by more than 60.000 at Norwegian cinemas and was nominated for the

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, best documentary (2005). In 2006, she made herself known by being the initiator of the action called "Nestekjærlighet-aksjonen". When she resumed action two years later in protest against new asylum restrictions, she was named Norwegian of the Year 2008 by the weekly magazine

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. In the autumn of 2009, she received attention for her debut as a feature film director with ''The Angel''. This film became the Norwegian

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contribution in 2010. ''Nowhere Home'' (2012), about unaccompanied minor asylum seekers, created debate in Norway and was shown at a number of festivals and conferences abroad. Olin is one of six directors in Wim Wenders' ''Cathedrals of Culture'' (2013), where she directed the episode from the

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, with a premiere at the

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(2014). ''Doing Good'' (2016) was seen by 170.000 in cinemas, which is the second most of documentaries shown in cinemas. She has also launched the documentary ''Childhood'' (2017). Her latest film ''Self Portrait'' (2020) has won seven awards internationally.

Filmography

* ''In the House of Love'' (1994) * ''My Uncle'' (1997) * ''In The House of Angels'' (1998) * ''The Seven Deadly Sins'' (2000) (directed the part ''Gluttony)'' * ''My body'' (2002) * ''Raw Youth'' (2004) * ''Lullaby'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2009) * ''Nowhere Home'' (2012) * ''Cathedrals of Culture'' (2013) (directed the episode about Opera House in Oslo) * ''Doing Good'' (2016) * ''Childhood'' (2017) * ''Isolation Row'' (2018) * ''Self Portrait'' (2020) * ''

Songs of Earth ''Songs of Earth'' ( no, Fedrelandet) is a 2023 Norwegian documentary film written and directed by Margreth Olin. In the film, Olin follows her 85-year-old father through a year in the natural surroundings of Oldedalen in Vestland, where he gre ...

'' (2023)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Olin, Margreth 1970 births Living people Norwegian film directors Norwegian women film directors Norwegian film producers Norwegian documentary filmmakers People from Møre og Romsdal People from Stranda Women documentary filmmakers