Ola Solum

Ola Solum (17 July 1943 – 28 June 1996)[1] was a Norwegian film director. In 1983, he directed the documentary Kamera går! – Norsk filmproduksjon gjennom 75 år (Camera Running - 75 Years of Norwegian Film Production). One of Norway's greatest directors,[2] he was particularly known for Orion's Belt, which premièred in 1985 and won four Amanda Awards, including best Norwegian film of the year. He also wrote scripts for a number of Norwegian films.[3]

  1. ^ "Ola Solum", Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ Atle Jørstad, "Lager ny Reisen til Julestjernen", Verdens Gang, 29 January 2011 (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ Gunnar Iversen, Øivind Hanche and Nils Klevjer Aas, Bedre enn sitt rykte - En liten norsk filmhistorie, 2nd ed. Oslo: Norsk Filminstitutt, 2004 (in Norwegian)