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Norwegian film editor and director
Olav Engebretsen
Directors Olav Engebretsen (left) and Jon Lennart Mjøen during the filming of Troll i ord in 1954
Born(1905-12-25)December 25, 1905
DiedMarch 30, 1988(1988-03-30) (aged 82)
Occupation(s)Film editor and director

Olav Engebretsen, also Olaf Engebretsen (December 25, 1905 – March 30, 1988) was a Norwegian film editor and director.

Engebretsen was primarily active as a film editor from 1941 to 1962. The films that he edited include Den forsvundne pølsemaker (1941), Jeg drepte!, (1942), and Line (1961). He received the Norwegian Film Critics Award (Filmkritikerprisen) in 1961 for his editing of Line. In 1954 he directed the films Troll i ord and I moralens navn.

Engebretsen is buried in the Cemetery of Our Saviour in Oslo.

Filmography

Editor

Director

References

  1. ^ "Olav Engebretsen". Oslo kommune - Gravferdsetaten. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  2. Hansson Marcussen, Elsa Brita (1948). På kino i kveld?. Oslo: Falken forlag. p. 81.
  3. Hammer, Tad Bentley (1991). International Film Prizes: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland. p. 374.
  4. Olav Svendsen, Trond; Emilsen, Sofi S. (2020). "Filmkritikerprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved July 13, 2021.

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