Sara Johnsen
Sara Johnsen was born in Oslo in 1970. She studied literary science and gained a master’s degree in Media and Communication. In 1997 she became one of the first students to be enrolled in the Norwegian Film School, where she graduated in the year 2001.
She gained acclaim early on, as her two student films won a number of Norwegian and international awards, and soon emerged as one of the most talented filmmakers in Norway.
After graduation, Sara worked as a director in the Drama Department of Swedish Television, before contributing a segment to the feature film “Most People Live in China” and making several short films for Friland AS before her debut as a feature film director with “Kissed by Winter” in February 2005.
The film received massive critical acclaim, and won several Norwegian and international awards. Most importantly, it won the American Film Institute’s Grand Jury Prize in 2005, but the Amanda Award for Best Debut and the New Vision Award at the Roma Independent Film Festival are also well worth mentioning.
Sara made her debut as a literary author in autumn 2004 with the novel “He Knows Something She Should Try”, published by Gyldendal. Her second novel, “White Man”, was released in January 2008, and has received brilliant reviews.
Directors
- Daniel Alfredson »
- Hans Alfredson »
- Kjell-Åke Andersson »
- Matias Armand Jordal »
- Jens Assur »
- Bille August »
- Reza Bagher »
- Waldemar Bergendahl »
- Daniel Bergman »
- Ingmar Bergman »
- Stig Bergqvist »
- Helena Bergström »
- Joel Bergvall »
- Johan Brisinger »
- Göran Carmback »
- Peter Dalle »
- Tage Danielsson »
- Martin De Thurah »
- Catti Edfeldt »
- Christian Eklöw »
- Christer Engberg »
- Severin Eskeland »
- Teresa Fabik »
- Peter Flinth »
- Beata Gårdeler »
- Henrik Georgsson »
- Niels Gråbøl »
- Erik Gustavson »
- Lasse Hallström »
- Olle Hellbom »
- Måns Herngren »
- Richard Hobert »
- Hannes Holm »
- Lise I. Osvoll »
- Torbjörn Jansson »
- Stefan Jarl »
- Michael Stenberg, Linus Torell, Johan Söderberg »
- Sara Johnsen »
- Hella Joof »
- Albert Hanan Kaminski »
- Lena Koppel »
- Ella Lemhagen »
- Torun Lian »
- Astrid Lindgren »
- Manne Lindwall »
- Christian Lo »
- Vibeke Løkkeberg »
- Alexander Moberg »
- Anders Nilsson »
- Colin Nutley »
- Petter Næss »
- Andreas Öhman »
- David Österberg »
- Christopher Panov »
- Terje Rangnes »
- Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen »
- Johannes Runeborg »
- Björn Runge »
- Simon Sandqvist »
- Peter Schildt »
- Peter Schønau Fog »
- Anne Sewitsky »
- Simon Staho »
- Michael Stenberg »
- Maria Sødahl »
- Per-Olav Sørensen »
- Jan Troell »
- Liv Ullmann »
- Roar Uthaug »
- Igor Veyshtagin »
- Gunnar Vikene »
- Bo Widerberg »
- Kathrine Windfeld »
- Dan Ying »
- Andre Øvredal »