Øyvind Asbjørnsen
Encyclopedia
Øyvind Asbjørnsen is a Norwegian
film producer
and director
. member of Directors Guild of Norway. He has made several documentaries
and short films. His most notable work was The Prince of Chess, a 2005 documentary about 13-year-old chess prodigy
Magnus Carlsen
.
Øyvind Asbjørnsen has sometimes used the pseudonym Asa Von Doren in many of his films.
He has also written a few screenplays. Since 2005 he has written several books. George the green boy http://www.bokkilden.no/SamboWeb/produkt.do?produktId=3123089&rom=MP and Words of wisdom. Asbjørnsen founded Fritt Forlag in English: Free Publishing and is publisher-in-chief.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
film producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. member of Directors Guild of Norway. He has made several documentaries
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
and short films. His most notable work was The Prince of Chess, a 2005 documentary about 13-year-old chess prodigy
Chess prodigy
Chess prodigies are children who play chess so well that they are able to beat Masters and even Grandmasters, often at a very young age. Chess is one of the few sports where children can compete with adults on equal ground; it is thus one of the few skills in which true child prodigies exist...
Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess Grandmaster and chess prodigy who is currently the number-one ranked player in the world. In January 2010 he became the seventh player ranked number one in the world on the official FIDE rating list...
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Øyvind Asbjørnsen has sometimes used the pseudonym Asa Von Doren in many of his films.
He has also written a few screenplays. Since 2005 he has written several books. George the green boy http://www.bokkilden.no/SamboWeb/produkt.do?produktId=3123089&rom=MP and Words of wisdom. Asbjørnsen founded Fritt Forlag in English: Free Publishing and is publisher-in-chief.
External links
- http://www.kulturnett.no/personer/person.jsp?id=T97185