Anja Breien

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1940-07-12 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Oslo, Norway

Anja Breien

Biography

Anja Breien (b. 1940) 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 bee...

Acting

Production

1979

Next of Kin

as Director

1979

Next of Kin

as Writer

1975

Wives

as Director

1975

Wives

as Writer

1981

The Witch Hunt

as Director

1971

Rape

as Director

2004

Untitled

as Writer

1996

Wives III

as Director

1996

Wives III

as Writer

1971

Rape

as Writer

1994

Second Sight

as Writer

1967

Vokse opp

as Director

1997

Solvorn

as Director

2001

2009

Etchings

as Director

2009

Etchings

as Cinematography

1990

Smykketyven

as Director

1990

Smykketyven

as Writer

1984

Paper Bird

as Director

1984

Paper Bird

as Writer

1970

1969

Ansikter

as Director

1972

1973

Herbergistene

as Director

1973

1989

Fjellet

as Director

1975

Gamle

as Director

1981

2005

Untitled

as Director

2005

Untitled

as Writer

2009

Jezidi

as Director

2009

Jezidi

as Writer

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