Harald Zwart

Harald Zwart (born July 1, 1965) is a Norwegian film director. Although born in the Netherlands, Zwart was raised in Fredrikstad in Norway. As early as age eight, he started making short films. He attended the Dutch Film Academy in Amsterdam where he received great acclaim for his student film Gabriel's Surprise. The film was later televised. In addition to several award-winning short films, music videos and commercials, he has directed the films Agent Cody Banks, One Night at McCool's, Hamilton and Lange Flate Ballær 2. He is also the co-director and producer of the first Long Flat Balls, a Norwegian film about soccer fans from the city of Fredrikstad, Norway. This movie, often described as "The Full Monty" with more laughs, became a huge hit in Norway. Zwart's largest grossing film to date is The Karate Kid (2010 film) starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. Harald Zwart has directed music videos for the Norwegian band a-ha, for the songs Velvet and Forever Not Yours. He is attached as executive producer and possibly director of a film that is based on the video game RollerCoaster Tycoon. His trademark is that he always adds props and items that represent Fredrikstad and the football club Fredrikstad F.K. in his movies. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harald Zwart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Works

Buicken - store gutter gråter ikke

The bothers Ken and Bent are separated when their parents are divorced, and grow up as very different persons, before they meet as grown ups. They help each other out, but some years later Bent disappears. Only his crashed Buick is found.

Release Date1991-08-23

Charactersd Ung arbeider

Vote Count2

Urospredere

Urospredere is a Norwegian documentary on filesharing, with focus on how filesharing could be made legal, which changes would be necessary and how it would work.

Release Date2009-04-25

Charactersd Self

The Karate Kid

12-year-old Dre Parker could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make him an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is a kung fu master. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.

Release Date2010-06-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count6519

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

In New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters — half-angel warriors who protect humanity from evil forces. After her mother disappears, Clary joins forces with a group of Shadowhunters and enters Downworld, an alternate realm filled with demons, vampires, and a host of other creatures. Clary and her companions must find and protect an ancient cup that holds the key to her mother's future.

Release Date2013-08-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4629

Troll

When an explosion in the Norwegian mountains awakens an ancient troll, officials appoint a fearless paleontologist to stop it from wreaking deadly havoc.

Release Date2022-11-30

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count2011

Agent Cody Banks

Recruited by the U.S. government to be a special agent, nerdy teenager Cody Banks must get closer to cute classmate Natalie in order to learn about an evil plan hatched by her father. But despite the agent persona, Cody struggles with teen angst.

Release Date2003-03-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1161

One Night at McCool's

On an ordinary night, in an ordinary part of town, a beautiful young woman walks into a bar. Her name is Jewel, and before long she is chatting to bartender Randy. The pair leave together, but he ends up getting into a tussle with her criminal boyfriend, who she then shoots dead, later persuading Randy to take the rap for her. But this isn't the end of it, as both Randy's cousin Carl and the detective assigned to the murder case also fall for Jewel's charms and find themselves caught up in the ensuing events. It seems that any man who meets Jewel falls instantly in love with her, and she's going to use this fully to her own advantage, leaving a trail of havoc in her wake. It also seems that she is going to get away with it - that is, until Randy decides to hire a hitman...

Release Date2001-04-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count371

The Pink Panther 2

When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is forced to assign Inspector Clouseau to a team of international detectives and experts charged with catching the thief and retrieving the stolen artifacts.

Release Date2009-02-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1244

Post Mortem: No One Dies in Skarnes

Live Hallangen is declared dead but hours later she suddenly wakes up with a sudden urge for blood. Meanwhile, her brother Odd tries to keep the family driven funeral home afloat.

Release Date2021-08-25

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count6

Vote Count73

The Oil Fund

Release Date2018-12-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count10

Vote Count6

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London

With all-new gadgets, high-flying action, exciting chases and a wisecracking new handler, Derek (Anthony Anderson), Cody has to retrieve the device before the world's leaders fall under the evil control of a diabolical villain.

Release Date2004-03-12

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count674

Dead Snow

Eight medical students on a ski trip to Norway discover that Hitler's horrors live on when they come face to face with a battalion of zombie Nazi soldiers intent on devouring anyone unfortunate enough to wander into the remote mountains where they were once sent to die.

Release Date2009-01-09

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count1223

The 12th Man

After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his eleven comrades dead, a Norwegian resistance fighter finds himself fleeing the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.

Release Date2017-12-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count611

Amundsen

The story of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole in 1911, and the first person to reach both the North and South Poles in 1926. Follows his all-consuming drive as a polar explorer and the tragedy he brought on himself and others by sacrificing everything in the icy wastelands to achieve his dream.

Release Date2019-02-15

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count187

Cadaver

In the aftermath of a nuclear disaster, a starving family finds hope in a charismatic hotel owner. Lured by the prospect of a free dinner, they discover that the evening's entertainment blurs the lines between performance and reality. Will they wind up the spectators or the spectacle?

Release Date2020-10-22

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count680

Hamilton

A government agent leads his team's effort to stop Russian rebels from smuggling a stolen missile through Sweden.

Release Date1998-01-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count54

Christmas As Usual

To celebrate their engagement, Thea takes Jashan home — but his Indian roots and her family's Norwegian traditions clash in a chaotic Christmas.

Release Date2023-12-06

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count107

The Last Lieutenant

Norwegian war drama. The old sea-captain retires, but the next day German WWII occupation of Norway begins. He then kisses his wife good-bye and is off to Army HQ. There he finds a lack of leadership and morale that offends him. They even laugh at him and his out-dated uniform and officer-rank. Secondloitnanten then finds and leads his private troop of volunteers against the German attack. The movie tells the story of a man that refuses to give up, even when everybody else leaves. He will fight for the country he loves and do his duty.

Release Date1993-08-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobAssistant Director

Vote Count10

ViQueens

Fearless Viking girls Ingrid and Hedvig defy tradition to return a stowaway boy to China. Their journey spans icy fjords, Byzantine intrigue, and the fabled Silk Road, blending Viking grit with ancient Chinese wisdom, unexpected alliances, and a touch of magic.

Release Date2026-12-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Empty Barrels

Three small-time criminals finally get the chance to climb the ladder - but manages to mess it all up in royal manners....

Release Date2010-01-08

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count25

Long Flat Balls II

Six beer-bellied guys from the Ed Garage find their plans for the week totally changed by a draft for a National Guard maneuver. After an accidental meeting with a U.S. Admiral (Don Johnson), we find our six misfits are the only ones between us and a nuclear holocaust.

Release Date2008-03-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count11

Act Naturally

A television-team makes a surprise visit to an olympic athlete's grandmother. They want to capture her reaction just as her grandson crosses the finish line. Unfortunately, the woman is totally uninterested in sports, and doesn't even have a TV. The interview is a bust, but the team discovers something else that may be the scoop they have been looking for.

Release Date1993-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Long Flat Balls III

It's been 14 years and Petter has not kept his promise to marry Laila. Petter wants to get married. The problem is that he can't. The solution is in Lithuania. Old friendship, the relationship with Laila and Edgarasjen's existence are put to the test when Petter takes the rest of the friends on Edgarasjen to Lithuania to solve his own problem. There they end up with a trailer full of alcohol from Lithuania. Everything would have gone well if the guys had not started to borrow some...

Release Date2022-04-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count7

The Cabin

Two friends spend their summer vacation building a western fort in the forest. When it's done, they'll have to find someone to fight.

Release Date1996-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Betrayed

An archaeologist uncovers ancient biblical texts that shake religious foundations. As she races to unravel the truth, her life and beliefs are challenged by sinister factions determined to bury it.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Parents

A futuristic and wild action comedy in Bladerunner style about children's right to choose their parents.

Release Date1992-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Into the Lion’s Mouth

Based on Larry Loftis’ bestseller of the same name, Dusko Popov is a double agent during World War II who was also a suave and sophisticated playboy while secretly spying for both the British and the Germans. In a daring twist, Dusko betrays the Germans and helps bring down the Nazi regime.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The Northern Crown

In 1954, a callous medical student takes a summer internship at a nursing home. His view on life is forever changed after unraveling the identity of a young man his own age, lying in a semi-comatose state with no name, family or diagnosis.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Long Flat Balls

Six guys from Norway go on a trip to Germany to cheer on Norway in the world Championship of football. But it isn't easy to put their normal life aside, not even for football.

Release Date2006-03-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobCo-Director

Vote Count17

Rikets Røst

Release Date2005-02-17

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

Noe med film

In this documentary we meet four friends who start their own production company in the hope of joining the film and television industry. Erik, Idar, Lars and Frode founded the film company AFF.

Release Date2003-01-01