Biography
Norwegian screenwriter and director Magnus Martens (b. 1973) is internationally recognized for his ability to deliver stylish and violent action while remaining staggeringly entertaining and savagely funny. He made his feature breakthrough with the slick comedy thriller Jackpot (2011) which he wrote and directed based on a Jo Nesbø story. Selected for the Tribeca Film Festival, the critics described Jackpot as bloody and brilliant, and applauded Martens’ deliciously dark style, favorably compari...
Complete Filmography
There's Something in the Barn
2023
Director
An American family fulfills their dream of moving back to their roots after inheriting a remote cabin in the mountains of Norway. But there's a surpri...
SAS: Red Notice
2021
Director
An off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the tra...
Jackpot
2011
Director, Writer
Terrified and bloody, Oscar Svendsen awakes clinched to a shotgun in a strippers joint. Around him 8 dead men, and police aiming at him. To Oscar it's...
Svein and the Rat
2006
Director
Svein's best friend is a fancy rat named Halvorsen who goes missing during a pet contest, leading to chaos with newspapers reporting a rat invasion. T...
United
2003
Writer, Director
Kåre is a youth coach with aspirations to become the greatest football player ever like his idol, Bryan Robson. However, his dreams are starting to ta...
Most People Live in China
2002
Director
A movie inspired by eight Norwegian political parties, written by six writers and directed by nine directors: a man gets a nasty surprise skinny dippi...
Eddie Stargazer
1999
Director, Writer
Pals Kenneth and Terry have three great passions in life; Mopeds, hamburg and the local rock god Eddie Stargazer. A man who have been great in the US ...
Virtual Ability
1997
Writer, Director
Tord is a 16 year old who spends most of his time watching films, TV and playing computer games and fantasizing. In his daydreams he can do virtually ...
Zipline
N/A
Director
A group of college friends find their adventurous spirits tested to the limit when an exhilarating zipline excursion leaves them hanging perilously hu...
Hell Ride
N/A
Director
A group of high-school seniors break into an abandoned theme park for one final wild night – reliving childhood memories, partying and chasing thrills...