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Tommy Wirkola

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Tommy Wirkola

EN, NO cinema · 22 credits

Born

6 December 1979 (age 46)

Birthplace

Alta, Norway

Tommy Wirkola (born 6 December 1979) is a Norwegian film director, screenwriter, editor and producer. He is known for his film work in hybrid thrillers that combine horror, action and satire.  For his hybrid genre-focused work, he has won numerous awards and nominations. Dead Snow (2009) and Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014) were selected by the Sundance Film Festival. Dead Snow won the Toronto Dark Film Festival Audience Award and was nominated for four Scream Awards including Best Horror Film. Dead Snow 2 won him Best Film at the Horror Film Festival, Best Director at the International Fantastic Film Festival and Best Screenplay, and Best Film at Alamo Drafthouse's Fantastic Festival in 2014. What Happened to Monday was nominated for Variety's Piazza Grande Award at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2017. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) was nominated for the People's Choice Award for Best Horror Film. Violent Night (2022) was nominated for Most Outstanding Stunt Performance at the ACTRA Awards, as well as for Best Original Score at the International Film Music Critics Awards and at the Reel Music Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tommy Wirkola, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Filmography

Deathrow-mance

Deathrow-mance

ENNot rated

Writer, Director

All Day & All Night

All Day & All Night

ENNot rated

Screenplay, Director, Producer

Thrash poster

Thrash

EN · 20266.1

Director, Producer, Writer

Over Your Dead Body poster

Over Your Dead Body

EN · 20266.4

Executive Producer, Original Film Writer

Violent Night 2 poster

Violent Night 2

EN · 2026Not rated

Director

Spermageddon poster

Spermageddon

NO · 20246.4

Director, Writer

Leave poster

Leave

NO · 20225.6

Producer

Violent Night poster

Violent Night

EN · 20227.2

Director

The Trip poster

The Trip

NO · 20216.7

Writer, Director

What Happened to Monday poster

What Happened to Monday

EN · 20177.1

Director

Kurt Josef Wagle and the Murder Mystery on the Hurtigruta poster

Kurt Josef Wagle and the Murder Mystery on the Hurtigruta

NO · 20174.2

Writer

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead poster

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead

NO · 20146.5

Writer, Director

Kill Buljo 2 poster

Kill Buljo 2

NO · 20135.0

as Sid Wisløff, Writer, Executive Producer

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters poster

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

EN · 20136.1

as Deputy #4 (uncredited), Producer, Director, Writer

Help, We Are Graduating! poster

Help, We Are Graduating!

NO · 20114.0

Executive Producer

Kurt Josef Wagle and the Legend of the Fjord Witch poster

Kurt Josef Wagle and the Legend of the Fjord Witch

NO · 20104.4

as Pablo (voice), Director, Editor, Writer

Empty Barrels poster

Empty Barrels

NO · 20105.1

as Gjørme-Knut

Dead Snow poster

Dead Snow

NO · 20096.0

as Dying Zombie (uncredited), Director, Writer

Kill Buljo poster

Kill Buljo

NO · 20076.0

as Sid Wisløff, Director, Writer, Editor

Kill Buljo: The Beginning poster

Kill Buljo: The Beginning

NO · 20076.0

as Various Characters, Director, Writer

Remake poster

Remake

EN · 20067.0

as Attendant #2, Director

Prosjekt Adonis poster

Prosjekt Adonis

NO · 2005Not rated

Actor, Director