Bjørn Breigutu

Bjørn Breigutu (April 25, 1924 – June 29, 2004) was a Norwegian filmmaker.

Biography Bjørn Breigutu was trained in drawing at the Norwegian National College of Art and Design. He started working for Norsk Film at Jar outside Oslo in 1946, and he edited his first film in 1950 with Filmavisen. Gradually, he became Arne Skouen's regular editor. Altogether, he edited 26 feature films and directed over 60 short films. As a trade unionist, he helped start the Norwegian Filmmakers Association . His work is described by Gunnar Iversen in Portrett av en usynlig mann – Om Bjørn Breigutu og hans filmer (Portrait of an Invisible Man: Bjørn Breigutu and His Films, 1989).

Breigutu was the first to be awarded the Amanda committee's honorary award during the first presentation of the Amanda Award in 1985, and he received the Norwegian Filmmakers Association's honorary award in 1993.

Awards

1961: State film scholarship for study abroad 1985: Amanda Award, Amanda committee's honorary award 1993: Norwegian Filmmakers Association's honorary award

Filmography

1948: Kampen om tungtvannet, production participant 1949: Døden er et kjærtegn, actor 1953: Brudebuketten, director and screenwriter 1954: Aldri annet enn bråk, editor 1955: Det brenner i natt!, editor 1957: Fjols til fjells, editor 1957: Ni liv, editor 1958: Pastor Jarman kommer hjem, editor 1959: Herren og hans tjenere, editor 1960: Omringet, editor 1961: I faresonen, director 1961: Bussen, editor 1961: Hans Nielsen Hauge, director 1962: Kalde spor, editor 1963: Freske fraspark, director and screenwriter 1964: Klokker i måneskinn, editor 1964: Pappa tar gull, editor 1965: Vaktpostene, editor 1966: Skrift i sne, editor 1966: Reisen til havet, editor 1967: Musikanter, editor 1969: An-Magritt, editor 1970: Solen (short), editor 1973: Så de vant vår rett (short) 1982: Krypskyttere, editor 1983: Hockeyfeber, editor 1985: Orions Belte, editor 1987: Over grensen, editor 1987: Turnaround, editor 1988: Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by, editor