Director biography:
Writer/director, born January 13, 1972. Received his Bachelor of Arts in History of Philosophy and Media Science from the University of Oslo in 1995. Faldbakken graduated from Dramatiska Institutet - College of Film and Television in Stockholm in 1999, having completed the three-year producer programme. He has worked as production manager, director's assistant and producer on several short and feature films. Most notably is his graduation film from DI – “Major and Minor Miracles”, which was nominated for Oscar in the best live action short film category in 2000, after winning best script, best film and a young talent award at the International Film School Festival in München summer 1999. His short film “The Cosmonaut” was premiered at the 58th Venice Internatioanl Film Festival. Faldbakken is currently developing his feature film script “Über Alles” at the screenwriting programme North by Northwest.

Filmography – filmrelated work:
1994 Sebastian, feature film, Mefistofilm AS production ass. /editing ass.
1995 Summer in the City, short film, Subrosa Film line producer
1997 Our second bird, short film, DI producer
1998 Tracks, TV series, DI producer
The shop attendant, short film, DI producer
At point blank, feature film, Norsk Film AS script consultant
Leadmotive, short film, Stockholm producer
1999 Major and minor miracles, short film, DI producer/assistant director
2000 Contained, short film writer/director
2001 The Cosmonaut, short film writer/director
2002 Anolit, short film writer/director
2002 Über Alles, feature film – in development writer