Director

Tommy Wirkola

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Directed movies: 13Directed series: 0All crew credits: 20

TMDB ID: 76927

IMDb ID: nm2482088

Known for: Directing

Born: December 6, 1979

Age: 46

Place of birth: Alta, Norway

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1999 - 2026

Years active: 28

Average TMDB rating: 6.3

Wikidata: Q2669356

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tommy Wirkola, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Directed Movies

Movies directed by Tommy Wirkola.

Dec 2

Violent Night 2

Director

2026 Movie

Thrash

Director

2026 Movie

Spermageddon

Director

2024 Movie

Violent Night

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2022 Movie

What Happened to Monday

Director

2017 Movie

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead

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2014 Movie

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

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2013 Movie

Kurt Josef Wagle and the Legend of the Fjord Witch

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2010 Movie

Dead Snow

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2009 Movie

Kill Buljo

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2007 Movie

Kill Buljo: The Beginning

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2007 Movie

Remake

Director

2006 Movie

Prosjekt Adonis

Director

2005 Movie