Gunnar Vikene

Gunnar Vikene was born on Mar 23, 1966 in Norway. Gunnar Vikene's big-screen debut came with Himmelfall directed by Gunnar Vikene in 2002. Gunnar Vikene is known for War Sailor directed by Gunnar Vikene, Kristoffer Joner stars as Alfred and Pål Sverre Hagen as Sigbjørn. Gunnar Vikene has got 11 awards and 7 nominations so far. The most recent award Gunnar Vikene achieved is Gullruten. The upcoming new movie Gunnar Vikene plays is War Sailor which will be released on Sep 23, 2022.

Gunnar Vikene directed his first feature film, FALLING SKY (HIMMELFALL) in 2002 which received both critical acclaim and was a box-office success. In 2005 he directed all episodes of the TV-series «RAN» - (Gullruten - «Best TV-drama 2005») His following feature films - TRIGGER(2007), VEGAS (2009), and HERE IS HAROLD (2014) - has all received both critical acclaim and a number of international prizes, screening at festivals such as Berlin IFF, Karlovy Vary IFF, Rome IFF, Montreal IFF, Sarajevo Film Festival, Tallinn Black Night Film Festival a.o. He directed 12 episodes of the award winning TV-series «The third eye»(2013-2015), and has directed the first three episodes of «Borderline" Gunnar lives in Bergen, on the west coast of Norway.