Øyvind Asbjørnsen

Øyvind Asbjørnsen (born 28 November 1963) is a Norwegian film producer, director and book publisher.

He has made several documentaries, TV-series and short films. One of his most notable work was The Prince of Chess, a 2005 full-length documentary about 13-year-old chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen.[1] Øyvind Asbjørnsen has sometimes used the pseudonym Asa Von Doren in many of his films.. Asbjørnsen graduated from London Film School in 1987.

He has also written a few screenplays, and books such as George the green boy[2] and Words of wisdom.

Asbjørnsen founded and was publisher-in-chief of Fritt Forlag. He is also the head of the production company Main Island Production. Since September 2013 Asbjørnsen have been working as publisher-in-chief at NKI Forlaget.

References

  1. ↑ Øyvind Asbjørnsen at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ↑ http://www.bokkilden.no/SamboWeb/produkt.do?produktId=3123089&rom=MP


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