Hans Petter Moland

{{short description|Norwegian film director (born 1955)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} '''Hans Petter Moland''' (born 17 October 1955) is a Norwegian [[film director]].

==Career== Moland was born in [[Oslo]]. He had received awards for his commercials at major festivals, including Cannes, before he made his feature debut in 1993 with ''[[The Last Lieutenant]]''. He followed up with ''[[Kjærlighetens kjøtere|Zero Kelvin]]'' (1995), ''[[Aberdeen (2000 film)|Aberdeen]]'' (2000) and ''[[The Beautiful Country]]'' (2004), which was selected for Competition in Berlin. He also directed the short film ''United We Stand'', which has been awarded prizes at several major film festivals. He is also well known for his collaboration and deep friendship with Swedish actor [[Stellan Skarsgård]], having directed him in three movies; ''Zero Kelvin'', ''Aberdeen'' and ''[[A Somewhat Gentle Man|En ganske snill mann]]'' (2010), the latter being nominated for the [[Golden Bear]] at the [[60th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="hollywoodreporter">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/world/news/e3ia2f06c2856f58e40c10467f764372a0c |title=Hollywood Reporter: Berlin festival unveils full lineup |access-date=2010-02-07 |work=hollywoodreporter.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205194343/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/world/news/e3ia2f06c2856f58e40c10467f764372a0c |archive-date=February 5, 2010 }}</ref>

A fourth collaboration with Skarsgård, ''[[In Order of Disappearance]]'', had its premiere in the competition section of the [[64th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlin">{{Cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_21396.html |title=Berlinale 2014: Competition Complete |accessdate=2014-01-19 |work=berlinale}}</ref> Moland made his Hollywood debut in 2019 directing a remake of ''In Order of Disappearance'', named ''[[Cold Pursuit]]'', and starring [[Liam Neeson]] in the Skarsgård role.

==Personal life== Moland is married to film director and screenwriter [[Maria Sødahl]], with whom he has three children. He has also three children from a previous marriage.<ref name="Hans">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/video/hope-stellan-skarsgard-maria-sodahl-interview-video-toronto-film-festival/|title='Hope' Director Maria Sødahl: "It's Not A Cancer Story"|first=Damon|last=Wise|date=12 September 2019|work=Deadline|accessdate=25 December 2020}}</ref> ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! width="170px"|Title ! Notes |- | 1993 | ''[[The Last Lieutenant]]'' | |- | 1995 | ''[[Zero Kelvin (film)|Zero Kelvin]]'' | |- | 2000 | ''[[Aberdeen (2000 film)|Aberdeen]]'' | |- | 2002 | ''Folk flest bor i Kina'' | Segment: "De beste går først" |- | 2004 | ''[[The Beautiful Country]]'' | |- | 2006 | ''[[Comrade Pedersen]]'' | |- | 2010 | ''[[A Somewhat Gentle Man]]'' | |- | 2014 | ''[[In Order of Disappearance]]'' | |- | 2016 | ''[[A Conspiracy of Faith]]'' | |- | rowspan="2" | 2019 | ''[[Cold Pursuit]]'' | Remake of ''[[In Order of Disappearance]]'' |- | ''[[Out Stealing Horses (film)|Out Stealing Horses]]'' | |- | 2024 | ''[[Absolution (2024 film)|Absolution]]'' | |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{imdb name|id=0596407 | name=Hans Petter Moland}}

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