Petter Næss

Petter Næss (born 14 March 1960 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian actor and film director. His first film as a director was the comedy ''Absolutt blåmandag'' in 1999. Næss is known for his work directing two of the three films about Ingvar Ambjørnsen's character, Elling, from Ingvar Ambjørnsen's "Elling" tetralogy: ''Elling'' (2001), which was nominated for the 74th Academy Awards foreign language film Oscar in 2002, and ''Elsk meg i morgen'' (Love Me Tomorrow, 2005). In addition, his directorial credits in Sweden include ''Bare Bea'' (2003), ''Mozart and the Whale'' (2005) and ''Hoppet'' (''The Jump'', 2007). In 2008, Næss portrayed the war hero Martin Linge in the movie ''Max Manus''.

Since 1996, he has been employed as a director at Oslo Nye Teater and was, among other plays, responsible for the stage version of ''Elling'' and ''Kjell Bjarne''. Provided by Wikipedia