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Erik
started in film as cameraman.
After a series
of short films he made his feature film debut
in 1986 with Blackout. Subsequently in 1989/90
he directed Herman, a coming-of-age story based
on the best selling Norwegian novel by Lars Saabye
Christensen. The film won the Amanda award for
best feature in 1991 and was distributed worldwide.
The Telegraphist
in 1992 was a turn of the century romantic comedy
based on Knut Hamsun’s novel Dreamers. The
film was a major domestic box office success in
Norway and abroad and was selected for the official
competition in Berlin in 1993. The film won him
his third Amanda-award for best film. Then followed
Shut Up and Listen in 1995 and in 1998 Erik Gustavson
co-wrote and directed the thriller Weekend.
In 1999 Erik
co-wrote and directed Sophie’s World which
was based on the international best selling novel
of the same name. In 2000 he directed the Swedish
thriller The Diver, featuring actor Klaus Maria
Brandauer and Izabella Scorupco.
In 2005,
Erik is preparing Playing Ibsen, a romantic-comedy
about Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen set in
Italy in the 1860´s. He has recently co-written
a Viking action saga with novelist Robert Ferguson.
Erik Gustavson
has won several international awards for his feature
films. He has directed more than three hundred
and fifty commercials, many of which have won
awards in Cannes and at other international festivals.
Currently
he spends most of his time working abroad.
Erik Gustavson is a partner at Cylinder.
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