Espen Sandberg

Quick Facts

Full Name	Espen Sandberg
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	Jun 17, 1971(1971-06-17)
Age	53
Birthplace	Sandefjord
Country	Norway
Birth City	Vestfold
Horoscope	Gemini

Espen Sandberg Biography

Espen Sandberg is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on June 17, 1971 in Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway. Espen Sandberg was born in Sandefjord, Norway on 17 June 1971. As a child in the 1980s, Sandberg and his childhood acquaintance Joachim Ronning had a great time spending their free time creating short films using Joachim’s father’s home video camera. It was one of the few burdens being the pioneer of this generation of filmmakers. He has three sons: Peder, Ea and Axel.

in 2012 Sandberg along with Ronning was interested in a brand new film on Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki expedition. The creation of the film was showcased in an exhibit of the museum in Oslo. The film premiered in 2012 and received a flurry of positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 83 percent of critics gave it a favorable review. The consensus of the site is: “A well- crafted retelling of an epic true story, Kon-Tiki is a throwback to old-school adventure filmmaking that’s exciting and entertaining in spite of its by-the- book plotting” and was awarded the Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards and 70th Golden Globe Awards The film was also nominated for a variety of other awards that are a lot of attention, such as The Satellite Awards and the Norwegian Amanda Award.

In 2006, the duo directed the comedy western produced by France Bandidas in Mexico with Salma Hayek as well as Penelope Cruz; it tells the story of two different women who join an armed robbery duo in order to fight an obscene enforcer who terrorizes their town. For Norway, Ronning and Sandberg are known best for directing the blockbuster film of 2008 Max Manus: Man of War which starred Aksel Hennie playing the lead character; the story is told through Manus (Aksel Hennie) through the time of the Winter War against the Soviet Union until the beginning of World War II and the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany until peacetime in 1945. In the same year , they received Lions at Cannes for their Hydro Commercials Train Loop.

Espen Sandberg Net Worth

Espen Sandberg is one of the richest Film Director from Norway. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Espen Sandberg 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Espen Sandberg (born 2 June 1971) is a Norwegian director of films and an advertising producer. He is known for working with his childhood partner and filmmaker Joachim Ronning on several projects including Bandidas (2006), Max Manus: Man of War (2008) and Kon-Tiki (2012) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017). He was nominated for a nomination at the 85th Academy Awards as well as 70th Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film for his direction of the Kon-Tiki in 2012 with Ronning.

In 1992, both of them attended Stockholm Film School in Sweden and graduated in 1994. In the following year, they spent their obligatory time in the military producing promotional films to support the Royal Norwegian Army. In 1995, they established their own business. They named the company “Roenberg”, which is their last name mingled. In the year 1996, they began filming music videos and commercials professional in Oslo. Their long-running and award- winning commercial work in Scandinavia has led to significant international assignments, including ads in the name of Airbus, Nintendo, Coca-Cola, GE and Nokia. Sandberg and Ronning have established themselves on the American market with their ads in Capital One, Labatt’s and particularly with the USA Today Super Bowl 2001 Viewer’s Choice-winning commercial Rex in support of Budweiser. Along with the other Norwegian director Harald Zwart, they own and operate Motion Blur, a production company for commercials. It was founded in 2002 and is today one of the biggest and most award-winning production firms in Scandinavia.

Sandberg and Rønning directed the fifth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017).

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Facts & Trivia

Espen Ranked on the list of most popular Film Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Norway. Espen Sandberg celebrates birthday on June 17 of every year.