Espen Sandberg
| Espen Sandberg | |
|---|---|
| Born |
2 June 1971 Sandefjord, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation | Film director, advertising producer |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Espen Sandberg (born 2 June 1971) is a Norwegian film director and advertising producer, well known to work with his childhood friend and director, Joachim Rønning on several projects such as Bandidas (2006), Max Manus: Man of War (2008), Kon-Tiki (2012) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017). He received a nomination at 85th Academy Awards as well as 70th Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film for directing 2012 movie Kon-Tiki with Rønning.
Espen Sandberg was born in Sandefjord, Norway on 17 June 1971. Growing up in the 1980s, Espen Sandberg and his childhood friend Joachim Rønning spent their free time making short films with Joachim's dad's 30-pound home video camera, one of few burdens for being the first of the video generation.
In 1992 they both attended Stockholm Film School in Sweden, and graduated in 1994. Later that year they served their mandatory time in the military making propaganda films for the Royal Norwegian Army. In 1995 they founded their own company. They called it Roenberg, which is their last names put together. Early in 1996 they began directing commercials and music videos professionally in Oslo. Their extensive and award winning work in commercials in Scandinavia led to major international commissions such as ads for Airbus, Nintendo, Coca Cola, GE and Nokia. Sandberg and Rønning established themselves in the American market with their spots for Capital One, Labatt's and especially with their USA Today Super Bowl 2001 Viewer's Poll-winning spot Rex for Budweiser. Together with fellow Norwegian director, Harald Zwart, they own and run Motion Blur, a production house for commercials. Founded in 2002 it is now one of the largest and most award winning productions companies in Scandinavia.
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