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'''Joachim Trier''' (born 1 March 1974) is a Danish-born Norwegian film director, best known for ''[[Oslo, August 31st]]'' (2011), [[Louder Than Bombs (film)|''Louder Than Bombs'']] (2015), ''[[Thelma (2017 film)|Thelma]]'' (2017), and ''[[The Worst Person in the World (film)|The Worst Person in the World]]'' (2021). For the latter film, he was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] at the [[94th Academy Awards]], with the film also being nominated for [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Best International Feature]].
'''Joachim Trier''' ({{IPA-no|ˈjùːɑˌkɪm ˈtɾìːəɾ}}) (born 1 March 1974) is a Danish-born Norwegian film director, best known for ''[[Oslo, August 31st]]'' (2011), [[Louder Than Bombs (film)|''Louder Than Bombs'']] (2015), ''[[Thelma (2017 film)|Thelma]]'' (2017), and ''[[The Worst Person in the World (film)|The Worst Person in the World]]'' (2021). For the latter film, he was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] at the [[94th Academy Awards]], with the film also being nominated for [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Best International Feature]].


His films have been described as "melancholy meditations concerned with existential questions of love, ambition, memory, and identity."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Weston|first=Hillary|title=The Art Form of Memory: A Conversation with Joachim Trier|url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4001-the-art-form-of-memory-a-conversation-with-joachim-trier|access-date=2021-07-15|website=The Criterion Collection|language=en}}</ref>
His films have been described as "melancholy meditations concerned with existential questions of love, ambition, memory, and identity."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Weston|first=Hillary|title=The Art Form of Memory: A Conversation with Joachim Trier|url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4001-the-art-form-of-memory-a-conversation-with-joachim-trier|access-date=2021-07-15|website=The Criterion Collection|language=en}}</ref>

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Joachim Trier
Born (1974-03-01) 1 March 1974 (age 50)
Copenhagen, Denmark
NationalityNorwegian, Danish
Alma materNational Film and Television School
OccupationFilm director
Years active2006–present

Joachim Trier (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈjùːɑˌkɪm ˈtɾìːəɾ]) (born 1 March 1974) is a Danish-born Norwegian film director, best known for Oslo, August 31st (2011), Louder Than Bombs (2015), Thelma (2017), and The Worst Person in the World (2021). For the latter film, he was nominated for the Best Original Screenplay at the 94th Academy Awards, with the film also being nominated for Best International Feature.

His films have been described as "melancholy meditations concerned with existential questions of love, ambition, memory, and identity."[1]

Early life

Trier was born in Denmark to Norwegian parents and raised in Oslo, Norway.[2] His father, Jacob Trier, was the sound technician of The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix, a notable film produced in Norway in 1975.[3] His grandfather was Erik Løchen, artistic director of Norsk Film from 1981 to 1983 and also a filmmaker and screenwriter known for such experimental work as his 1972 film Remonstrance which was uniquely constructed so that its five reels could be shown in any order, rendering 120 possible versions of its radical story of a film crew trying to make a political film.[4]

As a teenager, Trier was a skateboarding champion who shot and produced his own skateboarding videos.[5] He studied at the European Film College in Ebeltoft, Denmark and at the National Film & Television School in the United Kingdom.[6]

Career

Trier's debut film Reprise follows the story of two aspiring writers and their volatile relationship.[7] Released by Miramax in 2006, it received Norway's top film awards, the Amanda Award and the Aamot Statuette.[8][9] Internationally, it won prizes at film festivals in Toronto, Istanbul, Rotterdam, Milan, and Karlovy Vary.[10] He was named one of Variety's "10 Directors to Watch" in 2007.[3]

His 2011 film Oslo, August 31st premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.[11][12] The film is regarded as an adaptation of Louis Malle's The Fire Within.[7] The film received critical acclaim, awards and was featured on several critics' 2012 Top 10 lists.[13][14]

The director was named as one of the jury members for the "Cinéfondation" and short-film sections of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[15]

In 2015, Trier directed the English-language film Louder Than Bombs (2015) starring Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne, and Isabelle Huppert.[16] It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival[17] and was generally well received.[18]

His fourth feature, a supernatural horror-romance called Thelma, was screened at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival[19] and was selected as the Norwegian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, held in 2018.[20][21]

In 2018, he co-directed, with his brother, Emil, a 55-minute documentary, The Other Munch, featuring the writer, Karl Ove Knausgård, curating, with Kari Brandtzaerg,[22] To the Forest,[23][24] an exhibition of paintings by Edvard Munch at Oslo's Munch Museum.[25] Joachim Trier and Knausgård visit locations from Munch's life, discuss his works, themes, obsessions, and process. The Trier brothers connect Knausgård's unorthodox interpretation of Munch to Knausgård's literary works,[26][27][28][29] in a portrait of both artists.[30][31][32][33]

"When I was invited to curate the exhibition, I proposed that we make a film to coincide with it."
—Karl Ove Knausgård[34]

In 2018, he served as the Jury President of the Semaine de la Critique at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[35][36]

On July 7, 2021, The Worst Person in the World premiered to high acclaim in the Palme d'Or competition at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where star Renate Reinsve won the Best Actress award.[37][38][39] The film was selected as the Norwegian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.[40][41]

Influences

In 2012, Trier participated in the Sight & Sound critics' poll where he listed his 10 favorite films in alphabetical order:[42]

Filmography

Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Writer
2000 Pietà Yes Yes Short film
2001 Still Yes Yes
2002 Procter Yes Yes
2006 Reprise Yes Yes
2011 Oslo, August 31st Yes Yes
2015 Louder Than Bombs Yes Yes Also executive producer
2017 Thelma Yes Yes
2018 The Other Munch Yes No Documentary film;
Co-directed with Emil Trier. About Edvard Munch.
2021 The Worst Person in the World Yes Yes Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

References

  1. ^ Weston, Hillary. "The Art Form of Memory: A Conversation with Joachim Trier". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ kort og godt fra Dagbladet (22.11.2002)
  3. ^ a b "Biography". RSA Films. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  4. ^ Abbasov, Jasmine (13 January 2022). "The Oslo Trilogy, with Joachim Trier, Anders Danielsen Lie, and Renate Reinsve". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. ^ Tinkham, Chris (2 May 2008). "Joachim Trier". www.undertheradarmag.com. Retrieved 15 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Stabenfeldt, Fredrik. "Former EFC-student - now critically acclaimed director". European Film College. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  7. ^ a b Weston, Hillary. "Cinematic Panic: The Quiet Allure of Joachim Trier's 'Oslo, August 31st'". Black Book. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  8. ^ Svendsen, Trond Olav. "Amandaprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  9. ^ Svendsen, Trond Olav. "Aamotstatuetten". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  10. ^ Langlo, Jan. Amås, Knut Olav (ed.). Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 599–600.
  11. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Official Selection". Cannes. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  12. ^ "Cannes film festival 2011: The full lineup". guardian.co.uk. London. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  13. ^ "2012 Film Critic Top Ten Lists". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  14. ^ "Best of 2012". criticstop10.com. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  15. ^ "The 2014 Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury". festival-cannes.fr. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  16. ^ Jankiewicz, Eric (21 August 2014). "Movie starring Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne begins film preparations in Bayside". queenscourier.com. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  17. ^ "2015 Official Selection". Cannes. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  18. ^ Back Home (2015), retrieved 15 July 2021
  19. ^ "Toronto Film Festival 2017 Unveils Strong Slate". Deadline. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  20. ^ ""Thelma" blir den norske Oscar-kandidaten". NRK. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  21. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (6 September 2017). "Joachim Trier's 'Thema' Chosen by Norway to Run for Foreign-Language Oscar Nomination". Variety. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  22. ^ Martinez, Alanna (4 May 2017). "Karl Ove Knausgaard Is an Art Curator Now". The New York Observer. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  23. ^ "TOWARDS THE FOREST – KNAUSGÅRD ON MUNCH". Munch Museum. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  24. ^ Lund, Christian (November 2019). "Karl Ove Knausgård Interview: The Other Side of Edvard Munch". Louisiana Channel. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via YouTube.
  25. ^ Haakon (25 September 2018). "The Other Munch". The Royal House of Norway. Retrieved 23 March 2022. Speech given by His Royal Highness The Crown Prince before the screening of the documentary 'The Other Munch' at Lincoln Center, New York
  26. ^ Upshaw, Reagan (28 March 2019). "Review | Karl Ove Knausgaard turns his attention to Edvard Munch: 'So Much Longing in So Little Space,' by Karl Ove Knausgaard book review". Washington Post. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  27. ^ Hustvedt, Siri (1 May 2019). "Karl Ove Knausgaard Reflects on the Man Who Gave Us 'The Scream'". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  28. ^ Knausgård, Karl Ove (2019). So much longing in so little space : the art of Edvard Munch. New York. ISBN 978-1-4735-5546-4. Translated from the Norwegian by Ingvild Burkey{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  29. ^ Meloni, Christine Foster (8 October 2020). "Karl Ove Knausgaard as art historian". The Norwegian American. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  30. ^ Lumholdt, Jan (11 July 2021). "Joachim Trier • Director of The Worst Person in the World". Cineuropa. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  31. ^ "The Other Munch". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  32. ^ "#195 - Karl Ove Knausgaard, Emil Trier & Joachim Trier". SoundCloud. Film Society of Lincoln Center. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2022. Karl Ove Knausgaard and Emil & Joachim Trier discuss their new film THE OTHER MUNCH
  33. ^ "The Other Munch: Extended Discussion with Writer Karl Ove Knausgaard and Directors Emil & Joachim Trier". ThoughtGallery.org. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  34. ^ Chang, Kee (28 September 2018). "Q&A with Karl Ove Knausgård". Anthem Magazine. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  35. ^ "Norwegian director Joachim Trier, Jury President of the 57th Semaine de la Critique | La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes". Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  36. ^ "Norwegian director Joachim Trier, Jury President of the 57th Semaine de la Critique | La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes". Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  37. ^ "Meet the team from the film Verdens Verste Menneske (The Worst Person in the World) by Joachim Trier". Festival de Cannes 2021. 9 July 2021. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  38. ^ Lawson, Richard (10 July 2021). "'The Worst Person in the World' Is the Best Film at Cannes So Far". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 15 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  39. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (8 July 2021). "The Worst Person in the World review – Nordic romcom is an instant classic". the Guardian. Retrieved 15 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  40. ^ "Worst Person In The World Heads To Oscars For Norway". Nordic Drama. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  41. ^ Davis, Clayton (21 December 2021). "Oscars Shortlists Include Beyoncé, 'Spider-Man' and Two Jonny Greenwood Scores as France's 'Titane' Is Snubbed". Variety. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  42. ^ "Joachim Trier". BFI. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
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