Harald Zwart
Harald Zwart (b. 1965) graduated from the Netherlands Film and Television Academy, at the Amsterdam School of the Arts, in 1989. He then started his career making short films, music videos, commissioned films and directing commercials for Hans Petter Molands production company Moland Film, giving him extensive experience as a director in a fairly short amount of time, and winning several international awards for his work.
He directed a total of seven short films, including the award-winning Act Naturally (1993), before making his feature film debut with the action film Hamilton (1998), produced in Sweden and starring Peter Stormare, Mark Hamill and Lena Olin. Hamilton made Zwart noticed in Hollywood, and in 2001 he made his first film in the United States; One Night at McCool's. He has since directed several feature films in both Hollywood and Norway, including Agent Cody Banks (2003), Long Flat Balls (2006) and The Karate Kid (2010). His continued production in the U.S. also made Zwart the first Norwegian director to become a member of the Directors Guild of America (DGA).
