
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
December 6, 1979 (46 years old)
Alta, Norway
Tommy Wirkola
Biography
Tommy Wirkola (born 6 December 1979) is a Norwegian film director, screenwriter, editor and producer. He is known for his film work in hybrid thrillers that combine horror, action and satire.
For his hybrid genre-focused work, he has won numerous awards and nominations. Dead Snow (2009) and Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014) were selected by the Sundance Film Festival. Dead Snow won the Toronto Dark Film Festival Audience Award and was nominated for four Scream Awards including Best Horror Film. Dead Snow 2 won him Best Film at the Horror Film Festival, Best Director at the International Fantastic Film Festival and Best Screenplay, and Best Film at Alamo Drafthouse's Fantastic Festival in 2014. What Happened to Monday was nominated for Variety's Piazza Grande Award at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2017. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) was nominated for the People's Choice Award for Best Horror Film. Violent Night (2022) was nominated for Most Outstanding Stunt Performance at the ACTRA Awards, as well as for Best Original Score at the International Film Music Critics Awards and at the Reel Music Film Festival.
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Known For
Acting
Directing

Spermageddon
Director, Writer
2024

Violent Night
Director
2022

Leave
Producer
2022

The Trip
Writer, Director
2021

What Happened to Monday
Director
2017

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead
Writer, Director
2014

Kill Buljo 2
Writer, Executive Producer
2013

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Producer, Director, Writer
2013

Hellfjord
Writer, Creator
2012

Help, We Are Graduating!
Executive Producer
2011

Kurt Josef Wagle and the Legend of the Fjord Witch
Director, Editor, Writer
2010

Dead Snow
Director, Writer
2009





