Eva Frederikke Dahr | |
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Born | Oslo, Norway | 30 October 1958
Died | 12 May 2019 | (aged 60)
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Known for | Short films |
Eva Frederikke Dahr (30 October 1958 – 12 May 2019) was a Norwegian film director, playwright, and film producer. She studied at Volda University College and the Bela Balaz studio in Budapest, Hungary.[citation needed]
Dahr was a prolific director of short films. She was the conceptual director of the TV drama Himmelblå (2008–10)[1] and also directed the film The Orange Girl, a 2009 adaptation of the 2003 Jostein Gaarder novel Appelsinpiken. Together with her sister, actress Juni Dahr, she made two short films, Dolce Vita (1989) and Troll (1991).[2]
The director won many Norwegian and international awards, including an Amanda Award and a Gullstolen at the Kortfilmfestivalen i Grimstad, for the short film En mann (1997).
Dahr died in 2019 at age 60, following a long illness.[3]
Selected filmography
[edit]- 1985: Burning Flowers – feature film (co-director)
- 1989: Dolce Vita – short film (director, producer)
- 1991: Troll – short film (director, producer)
- 1993: Fjording – short film (director, producer)
- 1994: Drømmehesten – short film (director, writer)
- 1996: In Transit – short film (director)
- 1997: 1996 - Pust på meg! – short film (director)
- 1997: En mann – short film (director, writer, producer)
- 1998: Veddemålet – short film (director, producer)
- 1999: Taktikk – short film (director, producer)
- 2004: Tempo! – short film (director, writer)
- 2006: Trette menn – short film (director, writer, producer)
- 2006–14: Hotel Cæsar – television series (director)
- 2007: Mars & Venus – feature film (director, writer)
- 2008–10: Himmelblå – television series (director)
- 2009: The Orange Girl – feature film (director)
References
[edit]- ^ "Himmelblå-regissører" [Himmelblå Directors]. nrk.no (in Norwegian). 26 August 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Cross-Boarding Norwegian Film Directors". dailyscandinavian.com. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ Death announcement, Aftenposten 14 May 2019, p. 53