Magnus Martens

Norwegian screenwriter and director Magnus Martens (b. 1973) is internationally recognized for his ability to deliver stylish and violent action while remaining staggeringly entertaining and savagely funny. He made his feature breakthrough with the slick comedy thriller Jackpot (2011) which he wrote and directed based on a Jo Nesbø story. Selected for the Tribeca Film Festival, the critics described Jackpot as bloody and brilliant, and applauded Martens’ deliciously dark style, favorably comparing him to Tarantino and the Coen brothers. Following his international breakthrough with Jackpot, Martens has directed multiple episodes for some of the biggest TV shows in the US, including Banshee, 12 Monkeys, Power, Marvel’s Luke Cage, Good Behavior, Longmire, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Will and Fear the Walking Dead. Most recently he directed the first two episodes of the anticipated The Walking Dead: World Beyond which premiered in October 2020. Martens’ latest film, the explosive action thriller SAS: Red Notice, starring Sam Heughan, Ruby Rose and Tom Wilkinson, premiered in March 2021 in the UK and US. In August 2021 SAS: Red Notice was released on Netflix. Furthermore, Martens is director of Furia, an original drama series created by Emmy-winner Gjermund Stenberg Eriksen, which premiered on Viaplay in September 2021.

Works

Fear the Walking Dead

What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.

Release Date2015-08-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count5025

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.

Release Date2013-09-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count3614

Banshee

Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own interests.

Release Date2013-01-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count1255

Marvel's Luke Cage

Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.

Release Date2016-09-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1869

12 Monkeys

The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will all but annihilate the human race.

Release Date2015-01-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count1103

The Walking Dead: World Beyond

A heroic group of teens sheltered from the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world receive a message that inspires them to leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-country journey to find the one man who can possibly save the world.

Release Date2020-10-04

DepartmentProduction

JobCo-Executive Producer

Episode Count1

Vote Count1168

Furia

Policeman Asgeir moves to an idyllic town in the west part of Norway. After a local conflict, he meets a mysterious woman named Ragna, and soon they are both trapped in a network of right-wing radical forces that threaten Europe.

Release Date2021-09-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count11

Vote Count112

Uti vår hage

Uti vår hage was a Norwegian sketch comedy television program which had two different runs on TV in 2003 and 2008 on the Norwegian state channel NRK. The show starred the three well-known comedians: Atle Antonsen, Harald Eia and Bård Tufte Johansen. The format of the show was one main storyline that would gradually branch off into several separate minor storylines. Two series of the show have been produced, and the second series carries the title Uti vår hage 2. The show has introduced popular characters like "Lena" from Døden på Oslo S and "Oslolosen". The first season consisted of six episodes and was first broadcast in September and October 2003, while the second season was aired in January – March 2008, with seven ordinary episodes and one special. The first season was the first occasion where the three comedians worked together.

Release Date2003-09-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count7

Ah, så det er SÅNN det er

Release Date2010-08-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count7

Meglerne

Real estate agent Ken Olsen has seemingly got it all. A good job, a good car and a pretty wife. But he lies. A lot. When he gets exposed he has to start over, and he seeks help from his old real estate mentor Gunnar.

Release Date2014-09-04

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count2

Nattskiftet

Release Date2012-09-20

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count13

Vote Count2

SAS: Red Notice

An off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the train, events transpire in the corridors of power that may make the difference as to whether Buckingham and the civilian passengers make it out of the tunnel alive.

Release Date2021-08-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count552

There's Something in the Barn

An American family fulfills their dream of moving back to their roots after inheriting a remote cabin in the mountains of Norway. But there's a surprise waiting for them.

Release Date2023-11-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count197

Most People Live in China

A movie inspired by eight Norwegian political parties, written by six writers and directed by nine directors: a man gets a nasty surprise skinny dipping, a cow eats a cell phone, a lesbian couple loses a child, a blind girl sells dubious lottery tickets, a boy falls in love, a man picks up a hitchhiker, three girls get help from a man in pajamas, and nine old men find a young girl stuck in a swamp.

Release Date2002-06-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count15

Jackpot

Terrified and bloody, Oscar Svendsen awakes clinched to a shotgun in a strippers joint. Around him 8 dead men, and police aiming at him. To Oscar it's clear that he is innocent. It all started when four chaps won 1,7 million on the pools.

Release Date2011-12-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count39

United

Kåre is a youth coach with aspirations to become the greatest football player ever like his idol, Bryan Robson. However, his dreams are starting to take a toll on his relationship with his girlfriend, Anna.

Release Date2003-08-22

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count14

Svein and the Rat

Svein's best friend is a fancy rat named Halvorsen who goes missing during a pet contest, leading to chaos with newspapers reporting a rat invasion. To avoid losing both Halvorsen and the competition, Svein must work to keep his parents unaware of the situation.

Release Date2006-03-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count6

Zipline

A group of college friends find their adventurous spirits tested to the limit when an exhilarating zipline excursion leaves them hanging perilously hundreds of feet over a deserted lagoon. As the temperature rises and the zipline begins to collapse, they work together to find a way down but are horrified to discover that an even greater threat awaits them in the depths below.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Virtual Ability

Tord is a 16 year old who spends most of his time watching films, TV and playing computer games and fantasizing. In his daydreams he can do virtually anything: be a popular comedian, star in a new Die Hard film and pick up the girl of his dreams. While his friends go to the hottest disco in town and pick up girls, Tord can do nothing but daydream about the same things. But all this is about to change when he meets Marvin....

Release Date1997-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Eddie Stargazer

Pals Kenneth and Terry have three great passions in life; Mopeds, hamburg and the local rock god Eddie Stargazer. A man who have been great in the US and and is talked into joining Norwegian championship in rock!

Release Date1999-06-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Hell Ride

A group of high-school seniors break into an abandoned theme park for one final wild night – reliving childhood memories, partying and chasing thrills, until their night spirals into a nightmare.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector