Dag Johan Haugerud

Directing

Dag Johan Haugerud

Born

1964-12-30 (61)

Place of birth

Eidsberg Municipality, Norway

Known for

Directing

Credits

31 titles

Dag Johan Haugerud (born 30 December 1964) is a Norwegian librarian, novelist, screenwriter and film director. His films include I Belong, which won Amanda Awards in 2013, Beware of Children, which won nine Amanda Awards in 2020, as well as the Nordic Council Film Prize, Sex, which was awarded the 2024 Nordic Council Film Prize, and Dreams (Sex Love), which won the Golden Bear in 2025 at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. His novels include Noe med natur (1999), Den som er veldig sterk, må også være veldig snill (2002), Hva jeg betyr (2011) and Enkle atonale stykker for barn (2016). He has created several short films, including Utukt from 2000 and Trøbbel from 2006. His first fea…

Known for

Behind the camera

Sex poster
6.5

Two married, heterosexual chimney sweeps face experiences that unsettle their views on sexuality and identity. One has a same-sex encounter without considering it either as an expression of homosexuality or infidelity. The other finds himself in dreams where he is seen as a woman.

Sex

2024

Sex poster
6.5

Two married, heterosexual chimney sweeps face experiences that unsettle their views on sexuality and identity. One has a same-sex encounter without considering it either as an expression of homosexuality or infidelity. The other finds himself in dreams where he is seen as a woman.

Sex

2024

Dreams poster
6.9

Johanne falls in love with her teacher and records her fantasies and feelings in writing. Together with her mother and grandmother, they debate the literary potential and whether to publish it.

Dreams

2024

Dreams poster
6.9

Johanne falls in love with her teacher and records her fantasies and feelings in writing. Together with her mother and grandmother, they debate the literary potential and whether to publish it.

Dreams

2024

Love poster
6.8

Marianne, a doctor, and Tor, a nurse, avoid relationships. After meeting on a ferry where Tor seeks casual encounters, Marianne explores the possibility of spontaneous intimacy, questioning societal norms.

Love

2024

Love poster
6.8

Marianne, a doctor, and Tor, a nurse, avoid relationships. After meeting on a ferry where Tor seeks casual encounters, Marianne explores the possibility of spontaneous intimacy, questioning societal norms.

Love

2024

Beware of Children poster
7.3

During a break in school 13 year-old Lykke, the daughter of a prominent Labour Party member, seriously injures her classmate Jamie, the son of a high profile right-wing politician.

Beware of Children

2019

Beware of Children poster
7.3

During a break in school 13 year-old Lykke, the daughter of a prominent Labour Party member, seriously injures her classmate Jamie, the son of a high profile right-wing politician.

Beware of Children

2019

I'm the One You Want poster
6.8

What would you say about a female teacher falling in love with a 15-year-old? What would you think when you heard her confession? How do you set borders for someone's love and feelings?

I'm the One You Want

2014

To the House poster
NR

A girl experiences that her grandfather dies the same day she turns 15. It's time for a strange family gathering. The family personalities and the tensions between them will be expressed through choreographed movements and dance seen through the girls point of view.

To the House

2003

Fancine poster
NR

Six ideas for movies that will never be made.

Fancine

1999

No artwork available
NR

A journalist who has just turned fifty helplessly falls in love with a much younger male musician and refuses to realize that he is way too old for that kind of adventure. Part of the duology Light and Shadows.

Light

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No artwork available
NR

A journalist who has just turned fifty helplessly falls in love with a much younger male musician and refuses to realize that he is way too old for that kind of adventure. Part of the duology Light and Shadows.

Light

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No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Utukt

2000

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Utukt

2000

I Belong poster
6.5

A nurse gets into a dispute at work because she switches to speaking English when she gets nervous. A translator compromises her integrity when persuaded to translate a book she doesn't believe in. An elderly woman and her daughter are humiliated when offered a present of one million kroner from a relative. A warm and nuanced film about people who all mean well, but end up hurting one another.

I Belong

2012

I Belong poster
6.5

A nurse gets into a dispute at work because she switches to speaking English when she gets nervous. A translator compromises her integrity when persuaded to translate a book she doesn't believe in. An elderly woman and her daughter are humiliated when offered a present of one million kroner from a relative. A warm and nuanced film about people who all mean well, but end up hurting one another.

I Belong

2012

No artwork available
NR

A very sensible woman must reconsider her perceptions of what is real and what is not when she’s confronted with a house that is obviously haunted. Part of the duology Light and Shadows.

Shadows

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No artwork available
NR

A very sensible woman must reconsider her perceptions of what is real and what is not when she’s confronted with a house that is obviously haunted. Part of the duology Light and Shadows.

Shadows

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The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl poster
6.7

A director feels he is about to lose himself to the market forces and thinks that the only way he can protest is by making a political film. He contacts Thomas Hylland Eriksen, who will become his mouthpiece and articulate what is wrong. But along the way the director becomes distracted by another person, a young, fumbling girl reminiscent of himself.

The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl

2005

The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl poster
6.7

A director feels he is about to lose himself to the market forces and thinks that the only way he can protest is by making a political film. He contacts Thomas Hylland Eriksen, who will become his mouthpiece and articulate what is wrong. But along the way the director becomes distracted by another person, a young, fumbling girl reminiscent of himself.

The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl

2005

Trouble poster
NR

This movie is about at least two things: 1. Lies and self-deception often creates trouble. 2. Pride has never made anyone happy.

Trouble

2006

Trouble poster
NR

This movie is about at least two things: 1. Lies and self-deception often creates trouble. 2. Pride has never made anyone happy.

Trouble

2006

Arnaud Fleurent-Didier in Colors, Music and Super 8 poster
NR

A film about finding something, sharing it with others, and using it to make something new. A film about found footage, and about the French artist and composer Arnaud Fleurent-Didier.

Arnaud Fleurent-Didier in Colors, Music and Super 8

2006

Clinton: The Musical poster
7.0

The day Clinton visited Norway, my girlfriend broke up with me.

Clinton: The Musical

2001

The 7 Deadly Sins poster
8.0

Feature film length collection of seven short films about the biblical seven sins by preliminary younger Norwegian directors.

The 7 Deadly Sins

2000

The 7 Deadly Sins poster
8.0

Feature film length collection of seven short films about the biblical seven sins by preliminary younger Norwegian directors.

The 7 Deadly Sins

2000

Courts mais Gay : Tome 4 poster
NR

A collection of gay short films. The 9 short films are: The Glider [Le planeur] (1999); Family according to Mathieu [La famille selon Mathieu] (2002); Chicken (2001); Lust [Utukt] (2000); Space 2 [Espacio 2] (2001); The End of the Night [La fin de la nuit] (1997); The Burning Boy (2001); Family Outing (2001); Saint (1997).

Courts mais Gay : Tome 4

2002

16 Living Clichés poster
8.0

A portrait of 16 different people characterized by their own unique clichés.

16 Living Clichés

1998

Light from the Chocolate Factory poster
7.2

Ingrid tries, together with several acquaintances, to compose a song for the wedding of a mutual friend. However, she's more occupied with her mother's death that she may have contributed to.

Light from the Chocolate Factory

2020

Light from the Chocolate Factory poster
7.2

Ingrid tries, together with several acquaintances, to compose a song for the wedding of a mutual friend. However, she's more occupied with her mother's death that she may have contributed to.

Light from the Chocolate Factory

2020