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Olav Engebretsen
Olav Engebretsen
	Directors Olav Engebretsen (left) and Jon Lennart Mjøen during the filming of Troll i ord in 1954
Born	December 25, 1905
Died	March 30, 1988 (aged 82)
Occupation(s)	Film editor and director

Olav Engebretsen, also Olaf Engebretsen (December 25, 1905 – March 30, 1988)^[1] was a Norwegian film editor and director.^[2]

Engebretsen was primarily active as a film editor from 1941 to 1962. The films that he edited include Den forsvundne pølsemaker (1941), Jeg drepte!, (1942), and Line (1961).^[3] He received the Norwegian Film Critics Award (Filmkritikerprisen) in 1961 for his editing of Line.^[4] In 1954 he directed the films Troll i ord and I moralens navn.

Engebretsen is buried in the Cemetery of Our Saviour in Oslo.^[1]

Filmography

^ ^a ^b "Olav Engebretsen". Oslo kommune - Gravferdsetaten. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
^ Hansson Marcussen, Elsa Brita (1948). På kino i kveld?. Oslo: Falken forlag. p. 81.
^ Hammer, Tad Bentley (1991). International Film Prizes: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland. p. 374.
^ Olav Svendsen, Trond; Emilsen, Sofi S. (2020). "Filmkritikerprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved July 13, 2021.