From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Jens Lien born 14 September 1967 is a Norwegian film director He graduated from the London International Film School in 1993 His graduation project was the short film Montana that was featured at the short film festival in Grimstad that year in 1995 he again participated in this festival with the entry Mitt elektriske kjøkken My Electrical Kitchen Lien went on to make the short films Døren som ikke smakk Shut the Door 2000 og Naturlige Briller Natural Glasses 2001 Both of these films were based on scripts by Per Schreiner and both were featured at the Cannes International Film Festival In addition to this Lien has also made a number of advertisements In 2003 he had his feature film debut with the movie Jonny Vang The movie was selected for the Berlin Film festival The movie was awarded an Amanda Award for Best Actor Aksel Hennie in 2003 It was also nominated in the category Best Film but lost out to Bent Hamers Salmer fra kjøkkenet Liens next major film project was Den brysomme mannen 2006 This film was again the result of a cooperation with Per Schreiner it was based on a story originally written for radio theatre recorded two years before it was adapted for the screen Lien later said in an interview that the script made such a great impression on him that he was unable to sleep after first reading it The film was awarded three Amandas in 2006 for Best Direction Best Screenplay and Best Actor Trond Fausa Aurvåg It was also nominated in the categories Best Film and Best Actress Petronella Barker Den brysomme mannen has won more than 20 international awards including the ACID Award Agence du Cinéma Indépendant pour sa Diffusion at the Cannes Film Festival Description above from the Wikipedia article Jens Lien licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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