Name: Hallgrim Haug
Born: August - 75
Live in: Oslo, Los Angeles and The North Cape
Passions: In addition to the art of photography and directing - Deep powder snow and street cars.
Hal is an award winning Director of photography and Director. He is shooting and directing music videos, commercials and documentaries. He has also recently finished his first panoramic movie at The North Cape. A spectacular journey throughout a year in the very arctic north of Norway.
After finishing education at Mediehøyskolen - Kristiansand in 1997 he started his own production company Halfilms in 1998.
He worked for all the Norwegian television channels and production companies until he was signed with the number one commercial channel in Norway TV2, as a director and director of photography in september 2000.
In 2003 he started directing and shooting music videos on a permanent basis, working with some of the major artists in Norway such as Lene Marlin, Span, Margaret Berger and Morten Abel.
In august 2005 he signed up with "Magic 8" as a director, shooting commercials. He has shot and directed commercials with Magic 8 and Halfilms, with clients such as Telenor, Bergans, Y'ouplait and SAS.
In 2006 Hal shot the international documentary "The road of love" with the world famous author Paulo Cohelo.
From 2007 till the end of 2008 Hal was busy working with his panoramic film "The North Cape - Home of the midnight sun and the northern light". The film premiered spring 2009 and will be shown for the next 15 years at the panoramic theatre at The North Cape.
In 2009 Hal won the Norwegian Emmy awards "Gullruten" for best cinematography on the documentary "Women in white".
02.04.09 Hal is directing the new video for DJ Space Cowboy
Hal is directing the first video for DJ Space Cowboy and the track "Falling down"
14.03.09 Tv 2 Norway goes behind the scenes at the North Cape. To be aired saturday 21.03 at 18.45
Tv 2 joined us for tha last part of our shoot, making a behind the scenes story. They experienced the North Cape from the rough side, with heavy wind and -20C below. Enjoy the show! Watch it here
07.02.09 "The women in white" - "Kvinner i hvitt" to be aired at Tv2 Norway the 23 of february.
The documentary "Women in white" is to be aired at Tv2 Norway the 23 of february at 22:35. The documentary is produced by Veslemøy Ruud Zwart and directed by Gry Winther. Hal is the director of photography.
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