André Øvredal (b. 1973, Norway) is a highly renowned Norwegian director of commercials. His portfolio, which contains work for both domestic and international firms, numbers almost 200 projects. Øvredal studied direction at California’s Brooks Institute of Photography and Motion Pictures. As a student he codirected the feature-length thriller Future Murder (1997). Since then he has focused on a career in commercials, as well as directing medium-length films. His independent feature debut, The Troll Hunter, is usually classed with the wave of horror movies that sought to imitate the success and style of The Blair Witch Project (1999), but Øvredal lists the controversial Belgian mockumentary Man Bites Dog (C’est arrivé près de chez vous, 1992) as his main inspiration.
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