Torstein Blixfjord is a Norwegian artist who works with film, performance, poetry and photography. He began directing theatre in 1990 with a series of adaptations of plays by Strindberg and Ibsen, to whose work Blixfjord has often returned. Following these productions, he went on to work with multimedia, and later to direct film in 2000. He is best known as a film director and producer.
As Film Director
edit| 2014 | Darwish: A Soldier Dreams Of White Lilies, a final performance by Mahmoud Darwish[1] |
| 2012 | Bird in a Box |
| 2009 | id - Identity of the Soul[2] at the Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar |
| 2008 | Christmas Eve, a film based on Henrik Wergeland's poem of the same name for the opening of the Wergeland Year[3][4] |
Multimedia Work
edit| 2008 | id - Identity of the Soul[2] on a 9 date tour of the West Bank |
| 2006 | Terje in Yokohama, Japan |
| 2000 | Fisk at Grimstad Shortfilm Festival with Paal Schjerven and Olav Celius |
| 1999 | Fountain House Blues at Fountain House, New York City, with images by Charlie Gross[5] and music by Briggan Krauss |
| 1996 | Telefonterroristen - Radiodrama |
| 1994 | Shalom-Salaam Peace Concert in Oslo Spektrum |
| 1994 | Terje Vigen by Henrik Ibsen at the National Theatre (Director of Multimedia) |
As Theatre Director
edit| 1993 | The Evangelic Poets at the Agder Theatre |
| 1992 | Easter by August Strindberg at the Black Box Theatre |
| 1991 | The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen at Northwestern University Theatre |
| 1991 | The Vikings at Helgeland by Henrik Ibsen at Tyrili Teatret, Oslo |
| 1990 | Mother Love by August Strindberg at Northwestern University Theatre |
Producer
editIn 2012 Blixfjord produced Jorgen Friband's feature documentary Shakespeare: The Hidden Truth,[6] which premiered in Norway on 14 April 2012, and will be released in the UK later this year.
In 2004 Blixfjord was Executive Producer of Brixton Stories[7]- a series of short films that featured the London borough of Brixton. Brixton Stories was produced by Arts Alliance and Insight News Television.
References
edit- ^ Darwish Film
- ^ a b "IDENTITY of the SOUL the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish and Henrik Ibsen". www.identityofthesoul.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ "Wergeland-året 2008 offisielt åpnet / Aktuelt / Root folder - Ekstern". Archived from the original on 30 November 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ^ "Hyllest til Wergeland". 31 January 2008.
- ^ "Fountain house - Charlie Gross Photography".
- ^ "リンパマッサージとは". shakespearethehiddentruth.com. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ "Home Page". www.brixtonstories.co.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2023.