Known for Directing
Tommy Wirkola (born 6 December 1979) is a Norwegian film director, screenwriter, editor and producer. He is known for his film work in hybrid thrillers that combine horror, action and satire. For his hybrid genre-focused work, he has won numerous awards and nominations. Dead Snow (2009) and Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014) were selected by the Sundance Film Festival. Dead Snow won the Toronto Dark Film Festival Audience Award and was nominated for four Scream Awards including Best Horror Film. Dead Snow 2 won him Best Film at the Horror Film Festival, Best Director at the International Fantastic Film Festival and Best Screenplay, and Best Film at Alamo Drafthouse's Fantastic Festival in 2014. What Happened to Monday was nominated for Variety's Piazza Grande Award at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2017. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) was nominated for the People's Choice Award for Best Horror Film. Violent Night (2022) was nominated for Most Outstanding Stunt Performance at the ACTRA Awards, as well as for Best Original Score at the International Film Music Critics Awards and at the Reel Music Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tommy Wirkola, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
December 6, 1979 (age 46)
Birthplace
Alta, Norway
Filmography
43 films, 4 shows


Violent Night 2
2026
country: United States
When Santa forgets the true meaning of Christmas, he finds himself in the heart of a lively mall community in desperate need of his help. Sapped of his magic, he’ll need another way to take on the goons threatening the mall, and time is running out. Santa has to rediscover his faith in goodness and call in some last-minute reinforcements from the one person no baddie wants to tangle with: Mrs. Claus.


Thrash
2026 · 1h 24m
country: United States
When a catastrophic hurricane slams a coastal town, stranded residents must survive rapidly rising waters swarming with ravenous sharks.


Spermageddon
2024 · 1h 20m
country: Norway
Inside the body of a teenager on the verge of losing his virginity, sperm embark on a mad race toward the egg.


Violent Night
2022 · 1h 52m
country: Canada
When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint.


The Trip
2021 · 1h 53m
country: Norway
A dysfunctional couple head to a remote lakeside cabin under the guise of reconnecting, but each has secret designs to kill the other. Before they can carry out their respective plans, unexpected visitors arrive and the couple is faced with a greater danger than anything they could have plotted.


What Happened to Monday
2017 · 2h 3m
country: Belgium
In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.


Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead
2014 · 1h 40m
country: Iceland
The gruesome Nazi Zombies are back to finish their mission, but our hero is not willing to die. He is gathering his own army to give them a final fight.


Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
2013 · 1h 28m
country: United States
After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their past.


Kurt Josef Wagle and the Legend of the Fjord Witch
2010 · 1h 22m
country: Norway
Is The Fjord Witch superstition, or is it true that Satan's bride lives across Melkelva in the forest by Grytefjord? Does Tordenskjold find himself or someone else entirely? Who would win in a magic battle between Jesus and Harry Potter? These and other questions are answered in Kurt Josef Wagle's lost video footage.


Dead Snow
2009 · 1h 28m
country: Norway
Eight medical students on a ski trip to Norway discover that Hitler's horrors live on when they come face to face with a battalion of zombie Nazi soldiers intent on devouring anyone unfortunate enough to wander into the remote mountains where they were once sent to die.


Kill Buljo
2007 · 1h 33m
country: Norway
Jompa Tormann and his guests and family are brutally gunned down during an engagement party. Sami- and women-hating police officer Sid Wisløff is put on the case. Together with his colleague and a Sami guide, Wisløff tries to find the guilty party, but Tormann survived and he wants revenge!


Kill Buljo: The Beginning
2007 · 46m
country: Unknown
In the spring of 2007, "Kill Buljo The Movie" took Norwegian cinema by storm. 90,000 experienced the madness at the cinema. But long before the feature film was a fact, the sick gang recorded the trailers for the film which took the Internet by storm. They actually recorded several trailers; classics such as "Anne Frank's diary" and "Romeo and Julius" they also want us to look forward to. In addition to this, of course we meet the Sami boy Jompa, Karius and Baktus who have something quite different to contend with than the toothbrush, Puppi Longstocking who has contracted a bleeding disease and Bjelling who... well, you almost have to find out for yourself.


Remake
2006 · 7m
country: Unknown
Stephen and Deb, forced to spend the night in a crappy motel, are subjected to a series of crappy remakes of popular films.


Prosjekt Adonis
2005
country: Norway
A comedy stage show intersped with short film clips. By Tommy Wirkola and Stig Frode Henriksen.