Erik Poppe
Erik POPPE (1960, Norway) grew up in Norway and Portugal and was educated at the Dramatic Institute in Stockholm. Poppe started his carrier as a photographer. Between 1991 and 2003 he directed commercials, music videos, television series, shorts and documentary films. His feature début Schpaaa (1998) won a Grand Prize in Berlin in 1999. Troubled Water (2008) is Poppe’s third feature. The film won the prize for best feature at the Hamptons International Film Festival in 2008.
Filmography
Det vakre i det brutale/Beauty and the Brutal (1991, short), Aftenlandet (1994, short), Schpaaa (1998), Bratts (1997, short), Hawaii, Oslo (2004), De usynlige/Troubled Water (2008), A Thousand Times Good Night (2013), The King’s Choice (2016), Per Fugelli: I Die (2017, doc), Utøya: July 22 (2018), The Emigrants (2021, TV series), and Quisling: The Final Days (2024)
Erik Poppe op IFFR
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Quisling – The Final Days
Erik Poppe | 146' | Norway | Dutch Premiere
Intense, thoughtful drama about the enigmatic Norwegian politician Vidkun Quisling and his execution in 1945. -
Troubled Water
Erik Poppe | 115' | Norway | European premiere
Intensely construed and detailed psychological drama by the maker of Hawaii Oslo. Impressive role by the actress Dyrholm as the mother of a little boy -
Hawaii, Oslo
Erik Poppe | 125' | Norway | European premiere
Five powerful stories about love woven together in Oslo on the hottest day of the year. A dying man lies in the street, while the…