Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen
| Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen | |
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| Born |
4 May 1972 Oslo, Norway |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, writer |
| Years active | 2005–Present |
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Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen (born 4 May 1972) is a Norwegian film director, producer and writer. He is best known for his action drama IZZAT (2005), his TV series TAXI (2011) as well as documentary films Voluntarily Forced (2014) and The Norwegian Islamist. He often addresses national- and global discussion concerning immigration and racism both in his films as well as being an outspoken newspaper columnist and television debattant. In 2012 he founded the Oslo-based production company Curry Film AS. Other films directed by him, are the crime thriller Varg Veum - Bitter Flowers (2007) and the slacker comedy The Last Joint Venture (2008).
Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen directed part two (episodes 3&4) of In The Dark, a four-part drama, starting MyAnna Buring, written by Bafta-winning writer Danny Brocklehurst (Ordinary Lies, The Driver, Exile) for BBC One. Adapted from the books by best-selling novelist Mark Billingham, In The Dark centres around the engaging and complex female detective Helen Weeks, in two separate stories.
Rolfsen was born and raised in Hasle, Oslo. His father is a Pakistani immigrant and his mother, acclaimed artist, Kari Rolfsen. From the age of 11 Rolfsen engaged in fighting every day racism as a youth associate of Norwegian Centre Against Racism.
In 1992 Rolfsen majored in drama at Hartvig Nissen High School in Oslo. Instead of attending college, he moved to New York City 1992-1993 to work as a photographer’s assistant as well as serving as an intern editing documentary films. Back in Oslo he started a career as a still photographer and directed advertisement films for many years, as well as music-videos.
Rolfsens most notable success has been as a feature film director. In 2005 Rolfsen wrote and directed his first feature movie, IZZAT, produced by Filmkameratene. It is a coming of age action drama telling the story of Pakistani gangsters in Oslo. The movie received 4 nominations (including Best Cinematic Movie) at the Norwegian film awards AMANDA in 2006.
In 2014 Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen wrote, directed and produced the sequel to IZZAT, Haram (http://www.haramfilm.no) as a low budget film, produced and theatrically distributed in Norway by Curry Film.
The Norwegian thriller TV-series Taxi (2011) has been Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen’s most noted international success. Written and directed by Rolfsen it also illustrates issues concerning Norway’s multi cultured society. The TV-series won Best TV-drama in Norway 2012, in Gullruten. The successful TV-series was produced by Norwegian Broadcast Corporation (NRK) and a remake is currently being developed by the independent production company New Pictures, with development commissioned by the BBC.
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