Hans Petter Moland

Hans Petter Moland born 1955 is a Norwegian film director Hans Petter was the first born son of Odd Moland and Sigrid Eid Moland and has a younger brother named Morten Moland He is a film graduate from Emerson College in the United States When living in Boston Hans Petter met a college student Elizabeth Lisa Pacini whom he married and later moved back to Norway with When living in Norway he had three children Nicolai 1985 Anna Marina 1987 and Max Emil 1989 In 1992 Hans Petter and Elizabeth got divorced He later married Norwegian film artist Maria Sødahl and had three more children Sara 1995 Lukas 1998 and Jack 2001 Hans Petter has been awarded prizes for his commercials at all major festivals including Cannes before he made his feature debut in 1993 with The Last Lieutenant He followed up with Zero Kelvin 1995 Aberdeen 2000 and The Beautiful Country 2004 which was selected for Competition in Berlin He also directed the short film United We Stand which has been awarded prizes at several major film festivals He is also well known for his collaboration and deep friendship with Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård having directed him in three movies Zero Kelvin Aberdeen and En ganske snill mann 2010 Regnskap was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival