Eva Dahr Explained

Eva Frederikke Dahr
Birth Date:	30 October 1958
Birth Place:	Oslo, Norway
Known For:	Short films

Eva Frederikke Dahr (30 October 1958 – 12 May 2019) was a Norwegian film director, playwright, and film producer. She studied at Volda University College and the Bela Balaz studio in Budapest, Hungary.

Dahr was a prolific director of short films. She was the conceptual director of the TV drama Himmelblå (2008–10)^[1] and also directed the film The Orange Girl, a 2009 adaptation of the 2003 Jostein Gaarder novel Appelsinpiken. Together with her sister, actress Juni Dahr, she made two short films, Dolce Vita (1989) and Troll (1991).^[2]

The director won many Norwegian and international awards, including an Amanda Award and a Gullstolen at the Kortfilmfestivalen i Grimstad, for the short film En mann (1997).

Dahr died in 2019 at age 60, following a long illness.^[3]

Selected filmography

• 1985: Burning Flowers – feature film (co-director)
• 1989: Dolce Vita – short film (director, producer)
• 1991: Troll – short film (director, producer)
• 1993: Fjording – short film (director, producer)
• 1994: Drømmehesten – short film (director, writer)
• 1996: In Transit – short film (director)
• 1997: 1996 - Pust på meg! – short film (director)
• 1997: En mann – short film (director, writer, producer)
• 1998: Veddemålet – short film (director, producer)
• 1999: Taktikk – short film (director, producer)
• 2004: Tempo! – short film (director, writer)
• 2006: Trette menn – short film (director, writer, producer)
• 2006–14: Hotel Cæsar – television series (director)
• 2007: Mars & Venus – feature film (director, writer)
• 2008–10: Himmelblå – television series (director)
• 2009: The Orange Girl – feature film (director)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Himmelblå-regissører . nrk.no . 26 August 2008 . 20 June 2021 . no . Himmelblå Directors.
2. Web site: Cross-Boarding Norwegian Film Directors . dailyscandinavian.com . 29 January 2021 . 20 June 2021.
3. Death announcement, Aftenposten 14 May 2019, p. 53