Olav_Engebretsen

Olav Engebretsen

Olav Engebretsen

Norwegian film editor and director

Olav Engebretsen, also Olaf Engebretsen (December 25, 1905 – March 30, 1988)[1] was a Norwegian film editor and director.[2]

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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).[3] He received the Norwegian Film Critics Award (Filmkritikerprisen) in 1961 for his editing of Line.[4] In 1954 he directed the films Troll i ord and I moralens navn.

Engebretsen is buried in the Cemetery of Our Saviour in Oslo.[1]

Filmography

Editor

Director

References

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