Verdens verste menneske

Born in Copenhagen, 1974, Joachim Trier grew up in Norway in a filmmaking family. After attending the European Film College in Denmark, he trained at the British National Film and Television School, where he made several award winning short films. His debut feature ‘Reprise’ (2006) received numerous international awards, including Best Director at Karlovy Vary and the Discovery Award at Toronto. In 2011 his second feature film ‘Oslo, August 31st’ premiered at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard program, and went on to play Toronto and Sundance. His next project, ‘Louder than Bombs’ (2015), was shot on the other side of the Atlantic with an international cast, and in 2017 he returned to Europe to direct the supernatural drama ‘Thelma’.