Morten Tyldum

Morten Tyldum
Tyldum in 2013
Born	(1967-05-19) 19 May 1967 (age 51) Bergen, Norway
Alma mater	School of Visual Arts
Occupation	Director
Years active	1991–present
Spouse(s)	Janne Tyldum
Children	1

Morten Tyldum (born 19 May 1967) is a Norwegian film director. He is best known in his native Norway for directing Headhunters (2011), a thriller based on a novel by Jo Nesbø, and internationally for directing The Imitation Game (2014), a historical drama for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, and Passengers, a science fiction film.

Contents

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  1 Background
  


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  2 Career
  


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  3 Selected filmography
  


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  4 Awards and nominations
  


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  5 References
  


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  6 External links
  

Background

Tyldum was born in Bergen, Norway. He was educated at the School of Visual Arts in New York.^[1] He originally wanted to be a musician but abandoned the ambition when he entered film school.^[2] Tyldum lives in Beverly Hills with his wife Janne and their child. They also maintain a house in Norway.^[3]

Career

He had his feature film debut with Buddy in 2003, a film that won great popular and critical acclaim. Previously he had worked in television, music videos, commercials and short films. He had been named Film Talent of the Year by the newspaper Dagbladet in 1999.^[4]

Since Buddy, he has made the movie Fallen Angels in 2008 and Headhunters (Hodejegerne) in 2011. Headhunters is based on the 2008 novel by same name written by Jo Nesbø. It became the highest-grossing Norwegian film that year.

He made his English language debut with the historical drama The Imitation Game, about the life of mathematician Alan Turing, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.^[5]The Imitation Game immediately became an international success, and was nominated for eight Oscars at the 87th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and a Best Director nomination for Tyldum himself.^[6]

He has been attached to the adaptation of the novel Pattern Recognition by William Gibson.^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography

Year	Film
2003	Buddy
2008	Fallen Angels
2011	Headhunters
2014	The Imitation Game
2016	Passengers
2018	Jack Ryan (TV Series)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Title	Result
2002	Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival - Special Prize	Buddy	Won
	Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival - FIPRESCI Prize		Won
	Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival - Award of Independent Cinema Owners		Won
2003	Warsaw International Film Festival - Audience Award		Won
	Norwegian International Film Festival - Audience Award		Won
	Norwegian International Film Festival - Most Enjoyable Film		Won
	Molodist International Film Festival - Best Film Award		Nominated
	Bratislava International Film Festival - Grand Prix		Nominated
	Amanda Awards, Norway - Best Nordic Newcomer		Nominated
2004	Sofia International Film Festival - Grand Prix		Won
	Amanda Awards, Norway - Best Film		Won
2008	Amanda Awards, Norway - Best Director	Fallen Angels	Won
2011	Philadelphia Film Festival - Audience Award	Headhunters	Won
2012	European Film Awards - Audience Award		Nominated
	Amanda Awards, Norway - Public Choice Award		Won
2013	BAFTA Film Award - Best Foreign Film		Nominated
2014	Hollywood Film Awards - Best Director	The Imitation Game	Won
2015	AACTA International Awards - Best Direction		Nominated
	Directors Guild Awards - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film		Nominated
	Academy Award for Best Director		Nominated

References

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   ^ "Top 100 People in Hollywood". Fadeinonline.com. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
   


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   ^ "Hele verden fr se Hodejegerne". Dagbladet.no. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
   


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   ^ Sissel Fantoft (2002-09-17). ""Buddy" - debutantenes film" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
   


5. 
   ^ "Tyldum Leaves TORDENSKIOLD Biopic Afloat. Instead, Will Decrypt THE IMITATION GAME". TwitchFilm. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
   


6. 
   ^ "2015 Oscars - Nominees - 87th Academy Awards Nominations". Oscar.com. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
   

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Morten Tyldum.

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  Morten Tyldum on IMDb

v t e Films directed by Morten Tyldum
Buddy (2003) Fallen Angels (2008) Headhunters (2011) The Imitation Game (2014) Passengers (2016)

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