Marit Moum Aune

Marit Moum Aune (born 15 May 1964) is a Norwegian stage director. She has contributed to classical and contemporary theatre, musical theatre and ballet, animation film for children, and screen drama series. She received a Hedda Award in 2001, and an Amanda Award in 2020. She has been appointed theatre director for Nationaltheatret from 2027.

Life and career Aune was born in Trondheim on 15 May 1964.

She has directed classical plays by Brecht and Ibsen, as well as theatre adaptations of novels by contemporary writers, including Linn Ullmann, Olaug Nilssen, Vigdis Hjorth, and Agnes Ravatn. In the 2005/2006 season she was responsible for at Nationaltheatret, a performance for children based on books by Astrid Lindgren. In 2012 she directed an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage at Oslo Nye Teater. In 2015 she directed the premiere of the musical Halve kongeriket by Are Kalvø and Ingrid Bjørnov, staged at Det Norske Teatret. She directed an adaptation of Tony Kushner's play Angels in America for Nationaltheatret in 2018. The film won the Amanda Award Folkets Amanda in 2020.

In 2022 she directed the drama series for Viaplay, and the series for Netflix in 2024.