He combines filmmaking with his two other professions: writer and librarian. His first film, I Belong (2012), won the Norwegian Film Critics Association Award and the Amanda Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Direction. His filmography also includes Beware of Children (2019), considered by critics to be the best humanist Norwegian film ever made. It was selected for the Venice Film Festival and won at the Gothenburg Festival.

Filmography

Dreams (2024), Love (2024, D'A 2025), Sex (2024), The Light from the Chocolate Factory (2020), Beware of the Children (2019), I'm the One You Want (2014), I Belong (2012), Trøbbel (short film, 2006), Utukt (short film, 2000), 16 levende klisjeer (short film, 1998)