Summary

I'm a Norwegian director, editor and AE based in LA, with an affinity for the nerdy and funny and a huge appetite for sports.

Credits

10/18 – 10/19

Director (Co-founder)

Advertising — Plus 47, LLC Details
10/18 – 10/19

Co-founder of commercial production company +47, main focus on creative direction, writing, directing and post production. Mainly helping startups build their products and brands through video content.

11/18 – 2/19

Director (Writer and editor as well)

YouTube — Advertising — Plus 47, LLC Details
11/18 – 2/19

Directing, writing and editing a series of commercials for Gem's cryptocurrency portfolio tracker.

10/18 – 1/19

Director (Writer and editor as well)

YouTube — Advertising — +47 Details
10/18 – 1/19

I wrote, directed and edited a series of commercial videos for local AI startup Maslo.

2/18 – 9/18

Post Production Supervisor Golden Revenge

Digital — Maggie Dog Productions Details
2/18 – 9/18

Supervised post production for a 12 part digital series produced for Blue Ribbon Content. Duties included managing post team of five editors/assistant editors, tracking cuts and deadlines and managing post budget. Designed Avid workflow, and transitioned project to online using only in-house resources. Also created tracking system for VFX shots, which grew into managing our entire VFX workflow of over 850 shots.

8/15 – 1/18

Editor (Premiere Pro, Avid)

Staff Position — Retrofit Films Details
8/15 – 1/18

Editing and assistant editing of a wide variety of branded, narrative and interview-based content.

8/16 – 10/16

Director

UpCast — Advertising — UpCast Details
8/16 – 10/16

Directed and edited the launch video/commercial for an app startup, UpCast.

8/10 – 7/15

Editor (Quantel, EVS (LSM)) Sports news and live broadcast

TV — TV 2 Norway Details
8/10 – 7/15

Editing highlights,interviews and sports analysis packages for live broadcast. Covered events like: Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Tour de France (201-2015), The Barclay‘s Premiere League (2010-2012), UEFA Euros 2012, FIFA World Cup 2014

1/14 – 5/15

Director Total Awesome Viking Power

Film (Short) Details
1/14 – 5/15

Wrote and directed the award-winning short film about Viking role player Vidar who is banished to "the land of the dead" and must seek help of the god Odin, who agrees to teach Vidar the ways of the Vikings if he takes him to a mystical Runestone. Together they embark on a journey that will test Vidar’s wits, bravery and his ability to go completely berserk.

Unions

  • IATSE Local 700 Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG)

Media

  • UpCast Commercial

  • When Valentine's Day Gets Fierce by For Honor

Recos

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Education

Class of '15

Loyola Marymount University

MFA Film and TV Production
Class of '10

University of Bergen

BA Film and TV Production

My Gear

  • 2013 Mac Pro editing system

Skills

  • Avid
  • Directing
  • Editing
  • Storytelling
  • Screenwriting
  • Adobe Premiere
  • organization
  • Color Correction
  • Sound Design
  • DaVinci Resolve
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Online Editing
  • Grouping
  • Syncing
  • Music Editing
  • Assistant Editing
  • Turnovers
  • Scripted Editing