Thomas Hoegh is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 theatre and film director and producer, born in Oslo in 1966. He is also an investor and entrepreneur and oversees a portfolio of high-growth businesses in the creative sectors. He is the founder and CEO of Arts Alliance and sits on the boards of the UK Film Council

UK Film Council

The UK Film Council was set up in 2000 by the Labour Government as a non-departmental public body to develop and promote the film industry in the UK. It was constituted as a private company limited by guarantee governed by a board of 15 directors and was funded through sources including the...

, LOVEFiLM

LoveFilm

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, City Screen, the Metropolitan Film School, Kebony and Slingshot Studios.

Director

2009	id - Identity of the Soul Id identity of the soul id - Identity of the Soul is a work of performance art produced byMartine Rød and directed by Thomas Hoegh. The first version of this work, Terje, was performed in Yokohama, Japan in 2006 with Paal Ritter Schjerven as Co-Director and Director of Cinematography.and the latest version premiered in...  at the Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar Qatar Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
2008	id - Identity of the Soul Id identity of the soul id - Identity of the Soul is a work of performance art produced byMartine Rød and directed by Thomas Hoegh. The first version of this work, Terje, was performed in Yokohama, Japan in 2006 with Paal Ritter Schjerven as Co-Director and Director of Cinematography.and the latest version premiered in...  on a 9 date tour of the West Bank West Bank The West Bank ) of the Jordan River is the landlocked geographical eastern part of the Palestinian territories located in Western Asia. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...
2008	"Christmas Eve", a film based on Henrik Wergeland Henrik Wergeland Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist... 's poem of the same name for the opening of the Wergeland Year
2006	"Terje" in Yokohama Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu... , Japan
2000	"Fisk" at Grimstad Shortfilm Festival with Paal Schjerven and Olav Celius
1999	"Fountain House Blues" at Fountain House, New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... , with images by Charlie Gross and music by Briggan Krauss.
1996	"Telefonterroristen" - Radiodrama
1994	"Shalom-Salaam" Peace Concert in Oslo Spektrum Oslo Spektrum Oslo Spektrum is an indoor multi-purpose arena in east central Oslo, Norway. It opened in December 1990. It is currently owned and operated by Norges Varemesse , who also own and operate the Norges Varemesse conference center in Lillestrøm which is Norway's largest conference center...
1994	"Terje Vigen Terje Vigen Terje Vigen is a poem written by Henrik Ibsen, published in 1862. Much of the story and setting is from the area around the town of Grimstad in southern Norway where Ibsen lived for a few years in his youth... " by Henrik Ibsen Henrik Ibsen Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...  at the National Theatre (Director of Multimedia)
1993	"The Evangelic Poets" at the Agder Theatre
1992	"Easter" by August Strindberg August Strindberg Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg's career spanned four decades, during which time he wrote over 60 plays and more than 30 works of fiction, autobiography,...  at the Black Box Theatre
1991	"The Wild Duck" by Henrik Ibsen Henrik Ibsen Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...  at Northwestern University Theatre
1991	"The Vikings at Helgeland" by Henrik Ibsen Henrik Ibsen Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...  at Tyrili Teatret, Oslo Oslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
1990	"Mother Love" by August Strindberg August Strindberg Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg's career spanned four decades, during which time he wrote over 60 plays and more than 30 works of fiction, autobiography,...  at Northwestern University Theatre

Producer

In 2004 Hoegh Executive Produced "Brixton Stories" - a series of short films that featured the London

London

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 borough of Brixton

Brixton

Brixton is a district in the London Borough of Lambeth in south London, England. It is south south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London....

. Brixton Stories was produced by Arts Alliance and Insight News Television.

Artistic director

Hoegh was Artistic Director of "Folkefest" - a festival of peace to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, and Assistant Artistic Director for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the 1994 Winter Olympics

1994 Winter Olympics

The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Lillehammer failed to win the bid for the 1992 event. Lillehammer was awarded the games in 1988, after having beat...

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Hoegh was also the Co-Owner and Artistic Director of Norwegian Performance Ltd, an Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

-based production company specialising in multimedia performances, dance, events and concerts.

External links

• Profile at the UK Film Council
• An article by Thomas Hoegh for Skillset
• BFI feature on Thomas Hoegh