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Per-Olav Sørensen

Per-Olav Sørensen

Director, writer and producer · Born March 16, 1963 (63) · Oslo, Norway

Per-Olav Sørensen is a Norwegian director, writer, and producer. He frequently works for Netflix. Founder of The Global Ensemble.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 16, 1963 (63)
From
Oslo, Norway
Works as
Director, writer and producer
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 43% in 30 days

What are Per-Olav Sørensen's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

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

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Melancholic
6
Dread
2
Warm
2
Romantic
2
Other
7

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • 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).

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)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Midsummer Night(2024)

    Show Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
  • Royalteen: Princess Margrethe(2023)

    Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
  • A Storm for Christmas(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
  • I Hate Christmas(2022)

    Show 12 episodes · Creator · Original Story

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
  • Titina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Additional Voices (voice)

  • The Playlist(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
  • Royalteen(2022)

    Director · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
  • Julestjerna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Writer

  • Terje Sporsem - Religion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Home for Christmas(2019)

    Show 20 episodes · Director · Casting · Creator

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
  • Quicksand(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
  • Nobel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 7 episodes · Director · Creator

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

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
  • Ta meg med! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Writer

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

    Show 8 episodes · Director

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

    Director

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

    Director

  • Honningfellen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

Career shape

A full career of 17 titles from 2008 to 2023.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 17: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting14 of 17: 6 only directing, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndWriting6 of 17: 0 only writing, 6 with another roleProducing3 of 17: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleOther crew6 of 17: 0 only other crew, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score69th

17 titles, 10 with more than one role — directing and other crew overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s8 · crew2020s8 · 1 acting · 7 crew

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.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

20thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

18thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th2

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

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles