Per-Olav Sørensen is a Norwegian director, writer, and producer. He frequently works for Netflix. Founder of The Global Ensemble.
Biography from TMDB.
- March 16, 1963 (63)
- Oslo, Norway
- Director, writer and producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are Per-Olav Sørensen's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 0 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Per-Olav Sørensen's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (8).
- Home for Christmas (2019) · director
- The Playlist (2022) · director, writer
- Quicksand (2019) · director
- A Storm for Christmas (2022) · director, writer, producer
- I Hate Christmas (2022) · writer
- Midsummer Night (2024) · director, writer, producer
- Royalteen (2022) · director, writer, producer
- Royalteen: Princess Margrethe (2023) · writer, producer
Subscription and free streaming for Per-Olav Sørensen's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
19 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

Don't Call Me Mama(2025)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Midsummer Night(2024)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
A Storm for Christmas(2022)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
I Hate Christmas(2022)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
Titina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

The Playlist(2022)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Royalteen(2022)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Julestjerna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Terje Sporsem - Religion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

Home for Christmas(2019)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Quicksand(2019)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Nobel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Ta meg med! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

The Half Brother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

People in the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

Boeing, boeing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Honningfellen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Career shape
A full career of 17 titles from 2008 to 2023.

Biggest box office
Don't Call Me Mama (2025)

Highest rated
The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb (2015)

Most popular right now
I Hate Christmas (2022)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Per-Olav Sørensen's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 16th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 20th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the atmosphere 58/100 and the pacing 28/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Per-Olav Sørensen work with?
People who share at least 2 of Per-Olav Sørensen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Janne Hjeltnes shares the most, 5.
Writers
- Sofie ForsmanShared titles: Midsummer Night (2024), The Playlist (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Sofie Forsman
- Tove ForsmanShared titles: Midsummer Night (2024), The Playlist (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Tove Forsman
- Anne Gunn HalvorsenShared titles: Royalteen: Princess Margrethe (2023), Royalteen (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Anne Gunn Halvorsen
- Ester Schartum-HansenShared titles: Royalteen: Princess Margrethe (2023), Royalteen (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Ester Schartum-Hansen
Actors
- Dennis StorhøiShared titles: Midsummer Night (2024), A Storm for Christmas (2022), The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Dennis Storhøi

- Elli Rhiannon Müller OsborneShared titles: Royalteen: Princess Margrethe (2023), Royalteen (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Elli Rhiannon Müller Osborne

- Filip Bargee RambergShared titles: Royalteen: Princess Margrethe (2023), Royalteen (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Filip Bargee Ramberg

- Ines Høysæter AssersonShared titles: Royalteen: Princess Margrethe (2023), Royalteen (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Ines Høysæter Asserson

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Kristian Eidnes AndersenShared titles: Royalteen (2022), The Playlist (2022), Quicksand (2019), The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb (2015)See all 4 shared titles with Kristian Eidnes Andersen

- Ulf BrantåsShared titles: Midsummer Night (2024), The Playlist (2022), Quicksand (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Ulf Brantås

- Anders BerglandShared titles: Midsummer Night (2024), A Storm for Christmas (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Anders Bergland
- Erik Thorvald AsterShared titles: Midsummer Night (2024), A Storm for Christmas (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Erik Thorvald Aster
Producers
- Janne HjeltnesShared titles: Don't Call Me Mama (2025), Midsummer Night (2024), Royalteen: Princess Margrethe (2023), A Storm for Christmas (2022), Royalteen (2022)See all 5 shared titles with Janne Hjeltnes

- Ingrid SkagestadShared titles: Don't Call Me Mama (2025), Royalteen: Princess Margrethe (2023), A Storm for Christmas (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Ingrid Skagestad
- Magnus RamsdalenShared titles: Midsummer Night (2024), A Storm for Christmas (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Magnus Ramsdalen
- Shajan KozegaryShared titles: Royalteen: Princess Margrethe (2023), Royalteen (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Shajan Kozegary

Mixed roles
- Hallgrim HaugShared titles: A Storm for Christmas (2022), The Playlist (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Hallgrim Haug

