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Jan Trygve Røyneland

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Jan Trygve Røyneland
Born(1981-06-04)4 June 1981(age 43)
Lillesand,Norway
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationScreenwriter
ChildrenKarl Olav, Ronja
AwardsThe Kanon Award for Best Script (2016); Amanda Awards Best Original Screenplay (2017)

Jan Trygve Røyneland(born 4 June 1981) is a Norwegian television and film writer. His notable works includeThe Kings Choice,a film that depicted howNorwayenteredWorld War II.[1]For this film, Røyneland was awarded theAmanda Prizefor Best Original Screenplay.

Background

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Røyneland was born on June 4, 1981, inLillesand, Aust-Agder, Norway.He completed a screenplay writing study track at theNorwegian Film Schoolin 2010.[2]On Christmas eve of 2010, he was offered the job of assistant toErik Poppe,and began working full-time for the Norwegian film company Paradox.[3][4]

Career and awards

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Røyneland wrote the short filmsCut Paste(2008) andOm Avstand(2010); co-wroteTusen ganger god natt(2013); and, wrote all 26 episodes of the 2013-14 television seriesKampen. He alsocontributed to the internationally recognized and controversial TV seriesOkkupert(Occupied,2015), which depicted the Russian invasion of Norway.

He has won a number of “pitching contests” at film festivals, including a 2011 contest in which he pitched the idea forKongens Nei(The King's Choice).[5]It tells the story of Norway'sKing Haakon VII's refusal to collaborate with theNaziswhen they invaded the country in 1940. The script was written for three years and the film production was delayed due to the cost involved.[3]Filming was also postponed to wait forJesper Christensen,who played the king, because the actor was busy filming a James Bond film.[3]The King's Choice,which was co-written with Harald Rosenløw Eeg and directed by Erik Poppe, was released in 2016.

The King's Choicebecame Norway's highest grossing film that year and it was seen in theaters by 700,000 of the nation's five million inhabitants.[6]It went on to be shortlisted in theForeign Language Filmcategory at theAcademy Awards.[7]In an interview, Røyneland described howThe King's Choicedepicted a story of a people living in a war-torn country and how Norway got help fromSwedenand theUnited Kingdom.[3]These, he said, explain the Norwegian mindset towards refugees today.

See also:The King's Choice

In 2013, Røyneland won the Pitch Competition at theKosmorama Film Festivalwith a pitch for a film entitledConfidential Business Proposal,the story of a retired Norwegian widower and veteran who, after being cheated by aNigeria-basedInternet scam,travels to that country to recover his money and finds that the skills he picked up in wartime prove useful in that effort.[8]

Røyneland, together with Eeg, wonThe Kanon Award(Kanonprisen) for Best Script in 2016.[9]At the 2017 Haugesund Film Festival, Røyneland and Eeg also won the Amanda Prize for Best Original Screenplay forThe King's Choice.The film received a total of seven Amanda Prizes, breaking the record previously held by another war film,Max Manus: Man of War.[2]In the same year,Twigson the Explorer,a film that he co-wrote with Lars Kilevold was also released.[10][11]

Røyneland is also the writer of the upcoming television adaptation ofCarsten Jensen's bestselling novelWe, The Drowned,which is being directed byMikael Salomon.[12]

Personal life

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Røyneland lives in Copenhagen with his wife Diana[3]and his children Karl Olav and Ronja.[13]

Writing credits

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Film/TV Notes Production Company
Cut Paste
  • "Short film" (2008)
 Den Norske Filmskolen
Om Avstand
  • Short film (2010)
1,000 Times Good Night
  • Film (co-written with Erik Poppe and Harald Rosenløw-Eeg, 2013)
 Paradox Spillefilm
Kampen (The Games)
  • "Kampen for Sara" (2014)
  • "Kampen mot kvisa" (2014)
  • "Kampen for videokvelden" (2014)
  • "Kampen mot busa" (2014)
  • "Kampen for å sniklese" (2014)
 Ape&Bjørn
Occupied
  • Television series (2015)
 TV2 Norge,Viaplay, Yellow Bird
The King's Choice
  • Film (2016) (co-written with Harald Rosenløw-Eeg)
 Paradox, Film i Väst, Newgrange Pictures
Ekspedisjon Knerten (Twigson, the Explorer)
  • Film (2017) (co-written with Lars Kilevold)
 Paradox Rettigheter AS
The Spy
  • Film (upcoming) (co-written with Harald Rosenløw-Eeg)
 4 1/2 Film

References

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  1. ^Kenigsberg, Ben (2017-09-21)."Review: 'The King's Choice' Depicts Norway's Entry Into World War II".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2019-01-08.
  2. ^abDancke, Skaare Sigrun (August 29, 2017)."Film award profusion at this year's Amanda Ceremony".Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.Retrieved2019-01-08.
  3. ^abcdeMøllersen, Brynhild Marit (2016-09-19)."Vegen fram til filmen".Ostlendingen.no(in Norwegian).Retrieved2019-01-17.
  4. ^"MANUSBANKEN - Jan Trygve Røyneland".manusbank.no.Retrieved2019-01-11.
  5. ^"Jan Trygve Røyneland".IMDb.Retrieved2019-01-17.
  6. ^Pedersen, Caroline Drefvelin Ruben (2017-08-19).""Kongens nei" vant åtte priser ".Dagbladet.no(in Norwegian).Retrieved2019-01-11.
  7. ^Farber, Stephen (January 20, 2017)."'The King's Choice': Film Review ".The Hollywood Reporter.Retrieved2019-01-11.
  8. ^"Jan Trygve is the Winner of the Pitch Competition 2013!".Kosmorama.2013-04-01.Retrieved2019-01-08.
  9. ^"The winners of Kanonprisen Awards 2016".Kosmorama.2017-04-05.Retrieved2019-01-23.
  10. ^"Twigson the Explorer (Ekspedisjon Knerten)".Cineuropa - the best of european cinema.Retrieved2019-01-14.
  11. ^"TWIGSON THE EXPLORER | TrustNordisk".trustnordisk.Retrieved2019-01-17.
  12. ^Pham, Annika (October 16, 2018)."Banijay Rights picks up Mikael Salomon's new epic drama We, The Drowned".Nordisk Film & TV Fond.Retrieved2019-01-14.
  13. ^"Jan Trygve Røyneland"(in Norwegian Bokmål).Retrieved2019-01-11.
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