MASTERCLASS: DAG JOHAN HAUGERUD
The president of the Giornate degli Autori jury, Dag Johan Haugerud, talks about his career as a filmmaker in a masterclass open to the public.
Dag Johan Haugerud trained to be a librarian and then graduated with a degree in film studies from Stockholm University. He also studied Dramaturgy at the University of Oslo and Creative Writing at Telemark University College. He has worked as a journalist and dramatist for various dance and theater companies. He has also published four novels, Noe med natur (1999), Den som er veldig sterk, må også være veldig snill (2002), Hva jeg betyr (2011) and Enkle atonale stykker for barn (2016). He made his debut as a film director with the short 16 Living Clichés in 1998. I Belong (2012), Haugerud’s feature film debut, was awarded the Norwegian Critics’ Prize and four Norwegian Amanda awards. In 2019 he directed Barn, screened at Giornate degli Autori. Between 2024 and 2025, he released the trilogy: Sex (Berlinale, Panorama section), Love (in competition at Venice International Film Festival) and Dreams (Golden Bear at Berlinale).
2025 Drømmer (Dreams)
2024 Kjærlighet (Love)
2024 Sex
2020 Lyset fra sjokoladefabrikken (The Light from the Chocolate Factory)
2019 Barn (Beware of Children)
2014 Det er meg du vil ha (I’m the One You Want, medium-length)
2012 Som du ser meg (I Belong)
2006 Trøbbel (Trouble, short)
2005 Thomas Hylland Eriksen og historien om origamijenta
(The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl, medium-length)
