Torun Lian

Torun Lian ( born January 15, 1956) is a Norwegian children 's and teen book author, screenwriter and director.

Life

Lian was known as a screenwriter, among others, for several television series. Since 1990, published by her several children's books. Her book Frida was awarded the Prix Jeunesse, the book it is the clouds that move the stars with the Nordic children's literature prize. Both books were also made ​​into a film, Lian each wrote the script to do so. The movie Only Clouds Move the Stars won awards including the main prize at the 40th Nordic Film Days in Lübeck.

Works

Screenplays

Direction

Awards

Swell

  • Kinder-/Jugendfilm Correspondence No. 103-3/2005, p 25: Interview with Torun Lian
  • Mara Bruan: Violent farewell to childhood: the end of childhood as a motif in the films of Nicolas Roeg, Louis Malle, Teresa Villaverde and Torun Lian, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller 2008
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