Bjørn Olaf Johannessen (Writer)

Gutta på skauen

During the war, resistance work took place all over Norway. Some groups sacrificed everything for the country and were later praised and honored. Other groups sacrificed little or nothing and were forgotten. This is the story of one such group.

Release Date2022-09-01

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count4

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

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count16

Vote Count1

Every Thing Will Be Fine

One day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, a writer named Tomas accidentally hits and kills a child. Will he be able to move on?

Release Date2015-04-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count224

Pyromaniac

In the darkness of a peaceful village, a pyromaniac ignites his first fire. As more fires break out, the society panics. An inferno lurks under the surface as a local policeman uncovers the unthinkable truth...

Release Date2016-04-22

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count31

The Disappearing Illusionist

In midwinter the German illusionist Dirk Ohm arrives in the small town Grong, a place ridden by the disappearance of a young local woman Maria. Dirk soon finds himself searching for Maria side by side with the villagers of Grong; and slowly he falls in love with the missing woman. This fictional story pays tribute to a real character, and to his mysterious disappearance in the winter of 2003.

Release Date2015-03-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count9

Sound of Ice

Follows musician Terje Isungset's artistic and environmental quest to produce and play musical instruments crafted from each of the world’s most endangered glaciers.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Doing Good

Margreth Olin has filmed 22 persons i their meeting with the well known voluntary healer Joralf Gjerstad. For 65 years more than 50.000 has gone to him to be healed from illnesses and ill-doings. He has never asked for a penny for this

Release Date2016-01-22

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count8

Nowhere Man

A drama about a fortysomething man who entertains fantasies of a different life. Staging his apparent death, he moves to an island but pines for his former existence, and wonders if he could return to it.

Release Date2008-11-26

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count2

Sjøfolk forteller...

Release Date2009-01-01

DepartmentCamera

JobCamera Operator

People Who Fall

One day portrayed trough seven human falls.

Release Date2013-08-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Krigsseilerne – med æren i behold

Release Date2008-01-01

DepartmentCamera

JobCamera Operator

Vote Count1