Tommy Wirkola

Jommy Wirkola is a film director and producer and screenwriter who was born in Norway. He is just 38 years old, born on December 6, 1979.Currently, he hails from Nigeria. He is a renowned editor, actor, writer, and even producer.  His debut film as cited by critics is undoubtedly 'Kill Buljo’ which is a Norwegian 2007 movie.

This film got a huge applause from the American film director, writer, and actor Quentin Jerome Tarantino. It was a revengeful drama of Norway's Sami population. For this movie, he handled chair of the director, editorial responsibility and even wrote the script and acted in the role of ‘Sid Wisløff.’

There are two opinions about his debut film. Many consider that his first movie was ‘Remake’ (2006) in which he handled the direction, acting, wrote the script and was the editor, He played the role of Attendant 2. In the year 2009, he directed a Nigerian movie ‘Dead Snow’ and this film focuses on a group of students who survived a Nazi zombie attack, somewhere in the mountains of Norway.

The film was dubbed later even in English by an American dubbing studio NYAV Post. As usual, he handled all responsibility in this film as writer, director, and actor but left out the editing job. He played the role of a dying Zombie in this movie.

In the year 2013, he wrote and directed 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters' which was a dark fantasy and action horror comedy film. In 2013, this film premiered in America on January 25, in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D, also in D-Box motion theaters and select international 4DX theater. The film was a super success.

In the year 2014, he directed ‘Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead (Norwegian) which was a remake of Wirkola's 2009 film Dead Snow. This film was edited by Martin Stoltz. In the year 2017, he attempted to make a science fiction movie 'What Happened to Monday' for which he co-wrote the script along with Max Bolkin. He is one director who has made very few films. The total number of films he has directed is only seven. And he acted in two movies which were not under his direction.