Svend Wam
Svend Olaf Wamnes Akstuft, known as Svend Wam (5 May 1946 – 7 May 2017), was a Norwegian film director. Wam was born in Son, Norway. He was best known for his collaborations with Petter Vennerød, creating fourteen films under the moniker Wam og Vennerød.
Also recorded as Svend Olaf Wamnes Akstuft
Svend Wam
- Name
- Svend Wam
- Birth Name
- Svend Olaf Wamnes Akstuft
- Born
- 5 May 1946
- Birthplace
- Son, Norway
- Died
- 7 May 2017
- Place of death
- Vestby, Norway
- Nationality
- Norway.
- Occupation
- film director, film producer, film editor, screenwriter and television director.
- Honours
- Norwegian Film Critics’ Award and Aamot-statuetten.
- Languages
- Norwegian.
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Svend Olaf Wamnes Akstuft, known as Svend Wam (5 May 1946 – 7 May 2017), was a Norwegian film director. Wam was born in Son, Norway. He was best known for his collaborations with Petter Vennerød, creating fourteen films under the moniker Wam og Vennerød.
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Svend Wam (1946–2017) was a Norwegian film director, film editor and film producer, among other activities. The film director was born and died in Vestby Municipality.
Languages used include Norwegian. Svend Wam received Aamot-statuetten and Norwegian Film Critics’ Award.
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Wam died in Vestby after a lengthy illness, aged 71.
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• Name — Svend Wam • Birth Name — Svend Olaf Wamnes Akstuft • Born — 5 May 1946 • Birthplace — Son, Norway • Died — 7 May 2017 • Place of death — Vestby, Norway
Filmography
Filmography
• Fem døgn i august (1973) • Lasse og Geir (1976, re-released 2007) • Det tause flertall (1976) • Hvem har bestemt? (1978) • Svartere enn natten (1976) • Liv og død (1980) • Julia Julia (1981) • Leve sitt liv (1982) • Åpen framtid (1983, re-released 2007) • Adjø solidaritet (1985, re-released 2007) • Hotel St. Pauli (1988) • Drømmeslottet (1986, re-released 2007) • Bryllupsfesten (1989, re-released 2007) • Lakki (1992) • Sebastian (1995) • Desperate Acquaintances (1998)
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On origins, the institutional record states the following. Wam died in 2017 at Vestby Municipality. Institutional cataloguing adds that svend Wam was born in 1946 at Vestby Municipality. Recorded at birth as Svend Olaf Wamnes Akstuft.
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