Directing
Hallvar Witzø
Born
1984-01-01 (42)
Place of birth
Leksvik, Norway
Known for
Directing
Credits
6 titles
Hallvar Witzø (born 1984) is a Norwegian film director. Witzø grew up in the small town of Leksvik in central Norway. He studied film directing at Lillehammer's Norwegian Film School, graduating in 2010. In 2012, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short Film for the film Tuba Atlantic. However, the nomination was later revoked after the Academy learned that the film was broadcast on television in 2010. His most recent film is Everybody Hates Johan (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Hallvar Witzø, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
5.9Johan, a loner with horses and explosives, is never accepted by the local community. We follow his struggle for belonging in the village and the lifelong, unrequited love for the girl next door, which he accidentally blew up in his youth.
Everybody Hates Johan
2022
6.6When chaotic single mother Emilie hits a new low, she looks to her brother for help. He has a brilliant plan: to enter a cross-country ski marathon.
The Wrong Track
2025
After Nader and Janne share a tense moment in a bus doorway, this chance encounter transports them into a shared reality. As one door closes behind them, countless others open. Coincidence (or is it fate?) causes their paths to cross a second time, and they step through yet another doorway, into their future. Together, the couple must fight to face both minor challenges and major surprises.
When One Door Closes
2017
5.8Everybody is going to die one day. Oskar (70) is going to die in 6 days. He is now ready to forgive his brother for a disagreement years ago. Will he reach his brother, who he believes lives on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, before it is too late?
Tuba Atlantic
2010
6.2Four generations, each with a crisis, set in four different parts of Norway on the Norwegian Independence Day.
Yes We Love
2014
Behind the camera
5.9Johan, a loner with horses and explosives, is never accepted by the local community. We follow his struggle for belonging in the village and the lifelong, unrequited love for the girl next door, which he accidentally blew up in his youth.
Everybody Hates Johan
2022
6.6When chaotic single mother Emilie hits a new low, she looks to her brother for help. He has a brilliant plan: to enter a cross-country ski marathon.
The Wrong Track
2025
After Nader and Janne share a tense moment in a bus doorway, this chance encounter transports them into a shared reality. As one door closes behind them, countless others open. Coincidence (or is it fate?) causes their paths to cross a second time, and they step through yet another doorway, into their future. Together, the couple must fight to face both minor challenges and major surprises.
When One Door Closes
2017
5.8Everybody is going to die one day. Oskar (70) is going to die in 6 days. He is now ready to forgive his brother for a disagreement years ago. Will he reach his brother, who he believes lives on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, before it is too late?
Tuba Atlantic
2010
6.2Four generations, each with a crisis, set in four different parts of Norway on the Norwegian Independence Day.
Yes We Love
2014
6.2Four generations, each with a crisis, set in four different parts of Norway on the Norwegian Independence Day.
Yes We Love
2014