Berit Nesheim

Berit Nesheim ( born January 28, 1945 in Trondheim ) is a Norwegian film director.

Life and work

Berit Nesheim grew up in Bergen. In Oslo she studied languages ​​, literature and psychology at the university. She worked mainly for the Norwegian television, mostly for TV series. In the 90s, their produced as movies successful portraits of teenage girls were an important contribution to the revival of Norwegian children and youth film.

Your cinema debut film Frida - with the heart in the hand in 1992 awarded the Amanda Award for Best Film ( Årets norske spillefilm ) on the norske movie festivalen ( Norwegian International Film Festival) and other prizes at international festivals. Norway gave this film in 1991 at the 64th Academy Awards in the category " Best Foreign Film " a; however, he was not nominated. Five years later, reached of Sunday, however, the nomination for the Oscar in the same category; at a number of other international festivals, the film was excellent.

Filmography

Apart from these movies, they also led in TV productions directed.