Trygve Allister Diesen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Trygve Allister Diesen (born 11 July 1967) is a Norwegian film director, producer and screenwriter. Trygve Allister Diesen graduated from USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles. He started his professional career as a journalist in Kristiansand, Norway in 1986. Diesen has a comprehensive background in screenwriting and directing. He has written and directed advertising and commercial films, as well as music videos. He has also translated plays for theatres. He serves on the board of the Norwegian Film Directors' Guild. He has written and directed two Norwegian feature films - Hold My Heart and Isle of Darkness. Hold My Heart was Norway's official submission for the 2003 Academy Awards. Diesen was also the creator of the Scandinavian miniseries Torpedo. His first American film Red premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008. Description above from the Wikipedia article Trygve Allister Diesen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Hotel Cæsar

Hotel Cæsar is a Norwegian soap opera that has been broadcast Monday to Friday on TV 2 since 1998. It was created by Swedish duo Peter Emanuel Falck and Christian Wikander. The show consists of more than 2,500 episodes, making it the longest running drama in television in Scandinavia.

Release Date1998-10-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count11

Wisting

Empathetic, meticulous and relentless - the only thing to escape Larvik detective William Wisting in his hunt for Norway's most notorious criminals is a happy family life. And when two mysterious deaths interrupt Wisting's Christmas, it is the beginning of a showdown with the deadliest killer of them all.

Release Date2019-04-11

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JobDirector

Episode Count14

Vote Count101

Arne Dahl

An elite, seven-member team is tasked with solving the most complex crimes in Sweden, from murder and drug trafficking to espionage.

Release Date2011-12-27

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Episode Count2

Vote Count12

Inspector Winter

Scandi noir featuring Inspector Erik Winter, a dedicated, yet tormented Gothenburg police detective.

Release Date2010-04-12

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Episode Count2

Vote Count1

Skolen

Release Date2004-10-13

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JobDirector

Episode Count3

Drømmefangeren

Norwegian miniseries based on Unni Lindell's mystery novel. Young Therese Geber from Asker is found murdered in the harbor basin at Aker Brygge. An eerie atmosphere spreads throughout his home municipality when another young girl is murdered and a five-year-old mysteriously disappears. Cato Isaksen is assigned to the case. He has left his partner Sigrid and moved back in with his wife Bente and sons Gard and Vetle. Isaksen is still torn between his job as an investigator and his obligations as a father. This has particular consequences for his relationship with his eldest son Gard.

Release Date2005-11-17

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Episode Count3

Vote Count2

Torpedo

Emotionally-charged miniseries about a “Torpedo” (enforcer) who has his life turned upside down in an instant – the moment he finds his wife murdered. She was killed with her husband’s weapon, making him the prime suspect, and leaving him with the responsibility of caring for their five-year-old daughter as he embarks on a harrowing four-day quest find the real killers and clear his name Less

Release Date2007-02-04

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Episode Count4

The Assets

1985 serves as the backdrop to the final showdown of the Cold War when Sandy and her partner Jeanne Vertefeuille vowed to find the mole that would turn out to be the most notorious traitor in US history, Aldrich Ames. Sandy is in a race against time to save the Soviet intelligence officers from being caught and killed. Living her own double life at home, this beautiful wife and mother vowed to stop at nothing until she uncovered the truth.

Release Date2014-01-02

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JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count24

Red

Avery, a reclusive older man, has a best friend in his dog, Red. When three teens kill Red without reason, Avery sets out for justice and redemption, attempting to follow the letter of the law. But when the law fails him, and the boys' father clearly defines right and wrong in his own way, Avery must avenge himself by any means possible.

Release Date2008-08-08

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count273

To Cook a Bear

A Pastor has a spiritual awakening which profoundly impacts the Sami and Tornedalians, the body of a shepherd's girl is found in a bog.Meanwhile the villagers set in search of the killer bear.

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Episode Count6

The Tower

Eleven-year-old Wardi’s great-grandfather leaves behind a will suggesting looking to the past to find the future. Searching the house, Wardi finds out about her Palestinian homeland from family memories.

Release Date2018-11-30

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JobScreenplay

Vote Count23

Arne Dahl - A Midsummer Night's Dream

A series of brutal murders of Polish women who secretly hiding in Sweden becomes the new A - team first case. The victims prove to be key witnesses in a major lawsuit against the Polish mafia . Three of them have been found murdered in the space of a few days , two missing and the hope is that they are still alive. Detective Kerstin Holm get command when the hunt for a ruthless killer and his shady victim begins.

Release Date2015-02-15

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JobDirector

Vote Count5

Isle of Darkness

Julie is a young and newly qualified teacher from Copenhagen, Denmark. Fed up with her unfaithful boyfriend and big city life, she takes a job as a teacher on an idyllic island in southern Norway. Julie finds it difficult to be accepted in the closed-net community of the island. Slowly but surely, she discovers that the idyllic island hides many dark secrets.

Release Date1997-12-26

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Vote Count14

Varg Veum - Black Sheep

Varg Veum promises his girlfriend that he will find her sister who has vanished.

Release Date2011-01-21

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JobScreenplay

Vote Count31

Varg Veum - At Night All Wolves Are Grey

Varg Veum investigates a case where his good friend Even, a highly decorated ex-army officer, is falsely accused of bombing Armakon, a weapons storage facility.

Release Date2011-11-04

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count31

Hold My Heart

Tyven, Tyven ("Hold My Heart") follows the tense relationship between a father and his young daughter. The father, Harald, has divorced Cecilie, his wife, after an ugly breakup which involved accusations of spousal abuse and child molesting. Furious, Harald kidnaps his 7-year-old daughter, Lisa, who he has been forbidden any contact with. Over the course of a few days, the father and daughter grow closer. The police, meanwhile, have organized a manhunt for Harald, and only one policewoman believes he is not a dangerous man.

Release Date2002-03-22

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JobDirector

Vote Count3

The Odd Bendick Show

The Odd Bendick Show is an animated satiric short revolving around Odd Bendick, a tiny man from the outskirts of northern Norway. Odd Bendick hosts his own talk show from his grandmother's TV station DYSFUNK. He is reckless, cynical and willing to sell his soul for the best ratings.

Release Date2002-11-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector