Kathrine Valen Zeiner

Kathrine Valen Zeiner is a Norwegian writer, director, and show creator.

Works

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

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count26

Vote Count106

Don't Call Me Mama

Eva is a popular teacher who is married to the local mayor. Although he has betrayed her trust, she still plans to support his election campaign, and so she starts to volunteer at a local refugee center. Here, she grows close to eighteen-year-old refugee Amir, who charms her with his poetic talents. But the closer they get, the less control she has over the situation.

Release Date2025-10-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Pioneer

Pioneer is set in the early '80s, at the beginning of the Norwegian Oil Boom. Enormous oil and gas deposits are discovered in the North Sea and the authorities aim to bring the oil ashore through a pipeline from depths of 500 meters. A professional diver, Petter, obsessed with reaching the bottom of the Norwegian Sea has the discipline, strength and courage to take on the world's most dangerous mission. But a sudden, tragic accident changes everything. Petter is sent on a perilous journey where he loses sight of who's pulling the strings. Gradually he realizes that he is in way over his head and that his life is at stake.

Release Date2013-08-30

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count99

Gilbert's Grim Revenge

Gilbert is new to the neighborhood and ready for a new and better life. All he has to do is keep his nasty egg allergy a secret. Gilbert’s new life is threatened when his self-absorbed aunt Doris shows up to baby-sit, and secretly feeds him eggs on purpose! Gilbert soon learns that the best defense is a good offense, and lays a vindictive plan to outsmart her.

Release Date2016-09-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count4

You Really Got Me

Jan's fastfood-business is going bankrupt, his girlfriend has left him, and he is being exploited by his live-in father. Therefore, he has nothing to lose when he gets mixed up in the kidnapping of famous rock star Iver Mo. But Jan has never been able to do anything right his whole life, and there are others who want to get their hands on the ransom money.

Release Date2001-03-02

DepartmentProduction

JobAdditional Production Assistant

Vote Count10

Eyewitness

Two 15-year-olds secretly meet up in the forest, only to witness a blood bath. They are seen, but escape trying to keep this as a secret, both in fear of the perpetrator and that their secret is revealed.

Release Date2014-10-20

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count6

Vote Count21

Made in Oslo

At her Norwegian fertility clinic, doctor Elin offers patients a chance to become parents. Elin is always empathetic and professional - yet more than anything, she longs for the same opportunity herself. And as her frustration grows, Elin becomes prepared to risk her relationships and career in order to start a family of her own.

Release Date2022-04-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count8

Vote Count14

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 Count26

Brothers

Comrades Mano and Sharan (Little Brother) travel from northern Iraq after Sharan's brother is shot by Iraqi militia forces. The Kurdish boys dream of a new life in Norway, but the new start does not turn out quite as they had imagined.

Release Date2010-08-05

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count1