- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 12, 1940
- Place of Birth
- Oslo, Norway
- Died
- May 10, 2026
Anja Breien
Anja Breien (1940-2026) was educated at the French film school L'Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC), graduating in 1964, after first having studied french at the University of Oslo, as well as having had her start in the movie-business working as a script supervisor on Nils R. Müllers film Det Store Varpet in 1961. She made her directorial debut with the short film Growing Up in 1967, based on a medieval legend. The short was later to become part of the portmanteau film Days From A Thousand Years in 1970. Her feature film debut was the criminal drama Rape in 1971, which received favorable reviews, and has in recent years been released on DVD as part of the 'Norwegian Classics'-line. Breien's second film followed in 1975, and has since become one of the most commented and analyzed films in Norwegian cinema history: The cheerful and decidedly feminist comedyWives became…
Filmography
movieCrimes of the future
2019 · Self
movieThe Art of the Impossible
2017 · Self
Etchings
movieEtchings
2009 · Director, Cinematography
Jezidi
movieJezidi
2009 · Writer, Director
movieUntitled
2005 · Writer, Director
movieUntitled
2004 · Writer
movieÅ se en båt med seil
2001 · Director
movieSolvorn
1997 · Director
movieWives III
1996 · Writer, Director
movieSecond Sight
1994 · Writer
movieSmykketyven
1990 · Director, Writer
movieFjellet
1989 · Director
movieWives - Ten Years After
1985 · Director, Writer
moviePaper Bird
1984 · Writer, Director
movieThe Witch Hunt
1981 · Director, Writer
movieNext of Kin
1979 · Director, Writer
movieGames of Love and Loneliness
1977 · Director, Writer
movieWives
1975 · Writer, Director
tvMidi Première
1975 · Self
movieGamle
1975 · Director
movieHerbergistene
1973 · Director
Mine søsken goddag
movieMine søsken goddag
1973 · Director
movieMurer rundt fengslet
1972 · Director
movieRape
1971 · Director, Writer
movieDager fra 1000 år
1970 · Director
17th of May - A film regarding rituals
movie17th of May - A film regarding rituals
1969 · Director
movieOslofilm: Ansikter
1969 · Director, Editor
moviePeople Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart
1967 · Assistant Director
Vokse opp
movieVokse opp
1967 · Director, Writer
movieEt øye på hver finger
1961 · Kvinne i sengen
movieDet store varpet
1960 · , Script Supervisor