Marius Holst
Marius Holst (born 15 January 1965) is a Norwegian filmmaker, a producer and a screenwriter.
Marius Holst
- Name
- Marius Holst
- Born
- 15 January 1965
- Birthplace
- Oslo, Norway
- Occupation
- Film director
- Nationality
- Norway
- Education
- London Film School
- Honours
- Kanon prize for best direction · Arne Skouen's Honour Award
- Languages
- Norwegian
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Key facts
• Name — Marius Holst • Born — 15 January 1965 • Birthplace — Oslo, Norway • Occupation — Film director • Years Active — 1990–
Education
Education
Holst studied at the London International Film School. In 1990, his diploma film was nominated for the Amanda Award for Best Short Film, and for the Student Academy Awards and won the BBC Drama Award Grand Prix Potier.
Career
Career
In 1994 his first feature film Cross My Heart and Hope to Die was a box-office success in Norway, and became an international festival hit, winning the Prix de Montreal at the Montreal World Film Festival and the Blue Angel Award at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival. Marius Holst is a co-founder and owner of the production company 4 ½, along with fellow director Pål Sletaune and producers Turid Øversveen and Håkon Øverås. Established in 1998, the company produces both feature films and commercials.
Sexual assault allegation
Sexual assault allegation
In March 2007 during a radio broadcast on NRK P3, Holst and artist Morten Abel was accused by artist and painter Marianne Aulie of attempting to drug and rape her during a party in the mid 1990s. Aulie and the interviewer Mina Hadjian were later criticized for the broadcast, while Holst and Abel denied the allegation through their lawyers.
Filmography
Filmography
• 1990: Visiting Hours (Besøkstid) • 1994: Cross my Heart and Hope to Die (Ti kniver i hjertet) • 1996: Scent of Man (Lukten av mann) • 1996: 1996: Pust på meg! • 2001: Dragonfly (Øyenstikker) • 2005: Bastard (Kjøter) • 2006: Mirush (Blodsbånd) • 2010: King of Devil's Island (Kongen av Bastøy) • 2018: Mordene i Kongo
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- 1.Norwegian Film Institute. Marius Holst. nfi.no.
- 2.Berlinale: 1995 Prize Winners. berlinale.de.
- 3.- Aulie har brukt NRK. www.vg.no. 2007-03-13.
- 4.Aftenposten: Navnga to kjendiser som sexovergripere
- 5.Bent Johan Mosfjell. Ytringsfriheten til Marianne Aulie. Liberaleren. 2007-03-13.
- 6.Aulie: - Dette er kvinnekamp. www.vg.no. 2007-03-12.
- 7.Marcus Husby. - De prøvde å voldta meg. Se og Hør. 2007-03-12.
- 8.Kjendiser avviser anklager om voldtektsforsøk. www.vg.no. 2007-03-12.
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