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Petter Næss

Petter Næss

Petter Næss

1960-03-14

Bærum, Norway

Age: 65

DIRECTING

Biography

Petter Næss is the director of Elling which was Oscar nominated in 2000. Otherwise he has primarily busied himself in the world of plays and revues, both as scriptwriter, director and actor. Since 1997 he has been employed as a director at Oslo New Theatre, and was, among other plays, responsible for the critically-acclaimed stage version of Elling and Kjell Bjarne.

Best known for:

Into the White

Max Manus: Man of War

Elling

Mozart and the Whale

Pernille

Gone with the Woman

Death at Oslo Central

State of Happiness

Just Bea

Love Me Tomorrow

Nothing to Laugh About

Shameless

The Olsen Gang's Very Last Coup

Absolutt Blåmandag

Leaps and Bounds

But The Olsen Gang Was Not Dead!

Dangerous Waters

Himmelblå

RC II

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Filmography:

The Olsen Gang's Very Last Coup (1982)
WORK AS:
Assistant Property Master
But The Olsen Gang Was Not Dead! (1984)
WORK AS:
Props
Dangerous Waters (1995)
APPEREAD AS:
Holmsen
Absolutt Blåmandag (1999)
WORK AS:
Director
Elling (2001)
5.9
WORK AS:
Director
Just Bea (2004)
WORK AS:
Director
Love Me Tomorrow (2005)
WORK AS:
Director
Mozart and the Whale (2005)
4.8
WORK AS:
Director

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Gone with the Woman (2007)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Leaps and Bounds (2007)
WORK AS:
Director
Himmelblå (2008)
WORK AS:
Director
Max Manus: Man of War (2008)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Martin Linge
Shameless (2010)
WORK AS:
Director
Into the White (2012)
5.6
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Meglerne
Meglerne (2014)
WORK AS:
Creator
State of Happiness (2018)
WORK AS:
Creative Director, Director

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Pernille (2021)
WORK AS:
Director
Nothing to Laugh About (2021)
APPEREAD AS:
Doctor 3
WORK AS:
Director
Ingen Kommentar (2025)
WORK AS:
Director

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