Thomas Torjussen

Thomas Seeberg Torjussen is a Norwegian creator, writer and director of series, feature films and theatre. His series have received many accolades, including an International Emmy nomination for NORWEGIAN COZY (2011) and the Rose d’Or, Prix Jeunesse and Kidscreen Awards for ZOMBIELARS (2017–2019). Both series, which Torjussen wrote and co-directed, were also winners of Norway’s Golden Screen Award for Best TV Drama. Torjussen directed 3 episodes of STRUGGLE FOR LIFE (2014) which won him Norway’s Golden Screen Award for Best Director. Most recently Thomas created, wrote and directed the sci-fi series DOME 16 which premiered in late 2022. His latest work includes Kuppel16 for Norwegian Broadcasting Company (NRK), a sci-fi series written and directed for a younger audience.

Works

ZombieLars

In the fictitious town of Bekkebakken, conformity is a virtue and all things otherwordly are frowned upon. Twelve year old Lars, half zombie, and his just as special friends with certain supernatural characteristics, have a series of strange adventures suppressing their true natures in order to fit in.

Release Date2017-06-10

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count5

Valkyrien

In an illegal hospital, hidden in an Oslo underground station, a physician is desperately trying to find a cure for his wife's terminal illness.

Release Date2017-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count8

Vote Count24

Struggle for Life

The struggle for existence is about the linguist Tomasz Novak (28) traveling from Warsaw to Norway to collect what he believes is a quick buck from a father he has never met. His project is proving to take time and along the way he becomes ever more integrated in the Norwegian society, represented by a privileged and well-meaning group of citizens, which in turn gives us a picture of the current Norwegian life.

Release Date2014-10-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count1

Typisk norsk

Typisk norsk is a news and magazine program about language and communication produced by Dropout Productions and Rubicon TV for NRK. Three seasons of the program have been produced. The concept is inspired by the SVT-produced series Värsta språket with Fredrik Lindström as the host. Petter Schjerven is the host of Typisk norsk. Among other things, the program covers interesting topics in language and communication. It also deals with language enthusiasts and researchers and discusses problems with the Norwegian language.

Release Date2004-03-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Vote Count4

Kuppel 16

Norway in the future. Anton and Emma are 16, living in the same city, but in different climate zones. They were never meant to meet, and certainly not fall in love. But when they do, they must turn their worlds upside down to be together.

Release Date2022-11-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Vote Count1

The Last Joint Venture

The decade of the hippies is at an end and the 80's are approaching fast. Carl and Robert are two doped out guys who lives in harmony with the world around them and let life pass by in an eternal hash high. They have been peddling hashish for a decade, hitting an all time high with this last batch: 45 Kilos of pure, high grade Nepalese Hashish. Following the delivery, the police are on their tail.

Release Date2008-08-29

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count22

A Better Man

A Norwegian internet troll with misogynistic tendencies has his identity revealed. To avoid persecution, he must present as a woman, unexpectedly opening his eyes to gender bias.

Release Date2025-05-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Skolen

Release Date2004-10-13

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count5

Norwegian Cozy

After a bad breakup, Georg goes back to live with his father Frank. His greatest desire is to be a father, and his greatest fear is to become as paranoid and intolerable as Frank. Georg, still feeling sane, starts writing letters to his future son while looking for a mother worthwhile…

Release Date2011-01-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count6

Vote Count4

The Martin Administration

Martin is going on a blinddate and in his internal government the ministers are preparing for a routine State visit. But then Nora is revealed and tactics need to be changed. Fast! Nora is not interested in foreign political smalltalk, she is after government secrets. The ridiculed Home Secretary is slowly coming to life, but in his way stands a paranoid Defense Secretary. Only a coup can save Martin now!

Release Date2002-06-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

Sons

Trouble starts when Lars, a 25-year-old with few prospects for the future, discovers that an older man is fooling around with the teenage boys in his suburb. A terrible rage is triggered in Lars, and he embarks on a crusade to stop the abuser. But it soon spins out of control, and Lars' actions end up endangering those he set out to protect.

Release Date2006-09-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count22

Caravan

Marianne has left Morten - again. He looks her up in hope of winning her back, but things take a turn for the unexpected as the couple's old caravan decides to have a say in the matter.

Release Date2002-08-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Dickface

Portrait of the artist as a young man. If he had no hands and a dick for a nose.

Release Date2011-09-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector