Olav Engebretsen Explained

Olav Engebretsen
Birth Date:	December 25, 1905
Occupation:	Film editor and director

Olav Engebretsen, also Olaf Engebretsen (December 25, 1905 – March 30, 1988)^[1] was a Norwegian film editor and director.^[2]

Engebretsen was primarily active as a film editor from 1941 to 1962. The films that he edited include Den forsvundne pølsemaker (1941), Jeg drepte!, (1942), and Line (1961).^[3] He received the Norwegian Film Critics Award (Norwegian: Filmkritikerprisen) in 1961 for his editing of Line.^[4] In 1954 he directed the films Troll i ord and I moralens navn.

Engebretsen is buried in the Cemetery of Our Saviour in Oslo.^[1]

Filmography

Editor

1941: Den forsvundne pølsemaker
1942: Jeg drepte!
1942: Det æ'kke te å tru
1943: Vigdis
1943: Sangen til livet
1944: Kommer du, Elsa?
1946: Om kjærligheten synger de
1947: Sankt Hans fest
1948: Trollfossen
1949: I takt med tiden
1949: Jorden rundt på to timer
1951: Vi gifter oss
1951: Skadeskutt
1952: Haakon VII – Norges konge i krig og fred
1952: Andrine og Kjell
1952: De VI olympiske vinterleker Oslo 1952
1952: Jorden rundt på to timer
1952: Det kunne vært deg
1952: Trine!
1952: Vi vil skilles
1954: Kasserer Jensen
1956: Gylne ungdom
1957: Peter van Heeren
1957: Selv om de er små
1959: 5 loddrett
1961: Et øye på hver finger
1961: Line
1970: Skulle det dukke opp flere lik er det bare å ringe

Director

1954: Troll i ord
1954: I moralens navn

External links

- Olav Engebretsen at Norsk filmografi
Olav Engebretsen at Filmfront
Olav Engebretsen at the Danish Film Institute

Notes and References

Web site: Olav Engebretsen . Oslo kommune - Gravferdsetaten . July 13, 2021.
Book: Hansson Marcussen . Elsa Brita . På kino i kveld? . 1948 . Falken forlag . Oslo . 81.
Book: Hammer . Tad Bentley . International Film Prizes: An Encyclopedia . 1991 . Garland . New York . 374.
Encyclopedia: Olav Svendsen . Trond . Emilsen . Sofi S. . Filmkritikerprisen . Store norske leksikon . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . July 13, 2021 . 2020 . no.