FILM DIRECTOR

Bent Hamer

1956 - Today

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Bent Hamer (born 18 December 1956) is a film director, writer and producer, born in Sandefjord, Norway in 1956. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bent Hamer has received more than 48,216 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Bent Hamer is the 1,338th most popular film director (down from 1,335th in 2019), the 428th most popular biography from Norway (up from 437th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Norwegian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 48k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bent Hamers by language

Over the past year Bent Hamer has had the most page views in the with 5,443 views, followed by German (1,106), and Russian (1,075). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Norwegian (Nynorsk) (67.49%), Indonesian (12.96%), and Estonian (11.62%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Bent Hamer ranks 1,338 out of 2,041. Before him are Aleksandr Alov, Piotr Szulkin, Frank Pierson, Douglas Trumbull, Peter Medak, and Kurt Neumann. After him are William Desmond Taylor, D. A. Pennebaker, Walter Lassally, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Guillermo Navarro, and Howard Deutch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Bent Hamer ranks 411. Before him are Hernán Darío Gómez, Patti Hansen, Zehava Gal-On, Steven Saylor, Brian Robertson, and Miloš Šestić. After him are Mark R. Hughes, Alexey Ulyukaev, Volker Zotz, Alexander Beglov, Pierre Pincemaille, and Leonid Fedun.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Bent Hamer ranks 428 out of 1,039. Before him are Anette Bøe (1957), Carl Gustav Fleischer (1883), Grethe Kausland (1947), Halvard Hanevold (1969), Frithjof Ulleberg (1911), and Michael Sars (1805). After him are Greta Nissen (1906), Tora Berger (1981), Ernst Larsen (1926), Vigdis Hjorth (1959), Lasse Kjus (1971), and Ole Østmo (1866).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Norway

Among film directors born in Norway, Bent Hamer ranks 3. Before him are Anja Breien (1940), and Morten Tyldum (1967). After him are Nils Gaup (1955), Espen Sandberg (1971), Tommy Wirkola (1979), André Øvredal (1973), Joachim Rønning (1972), and Deeyah Khan (1977).

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Filmography

Factotum
Director
This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along the way, he fends off the distractions offered by women, drinking and gambling.
Apr 25o 20056.167 / 10
O'Horten
Director
Odd Horton is dependable and contained: he's a train driver retiring after 40 years of service, living a simple life. His idea of adventure is to fly from one city in Norway to another. Starting on the night of his retirement dinner, Odd has a series of dislocating experiences: a boy insists that Odd sit by his bedside while he falls asleep; misadventure causes Odd to miss his last run; he witnesses an arrest; he assists an old man and makes a friend; he takes a trip with a blindfolded driver; he adopts a dog; he takes stock late one night at the roundhouse; he revisits his mother's disappointment in him. How should he live the rest of his life?
Dec 26o 20076.477 / 10
Kitchen Stories
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Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson (Tomas Norström) is assigned to study the habits of Isak Bjørvik (Joachim Calmeyer). By the rules of the research institute, Folke has to sit on an umpire's chair in Isak's kitchen and observe him from there, but never talk to him. Isak stops using his kitchen and observes Folke through a hole in the ceiling instead. However, the two lonely men slowly overcome the initial post-war Norwegian-Swede distrust and become friends.
Jan 2o 20047.024 / 10