Tommy Wirkola (born 6 December 1979) is a Norwegian film director, screenwriter, editor and producer. He is known for his film work in hybrid thrillers that combine horror, action and satire. For his hybrid genre-focused work, he has won numerous awards and nominations. Dead Snow (2009) and Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014) were selected by the Sundance Film Festival. Dead Snow won the Toronto Dark Film Festival Audience Award and was nominated for four Scream Awards including Best Horror Film. Dead Snow 2 won him Best Film at the Horror Film Festival, Best Director at the International Fantastic Film Festival and Best Screenplay, and Best Film at Alamo Drafthouse's Fantastic Festival in 2014. What Happened to Monday was nominated for Variety's Piazza Grande Award at the Locarno International Film Festival in 2017. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) was nominated for the People's Choice Award for Best Horror Film. Violent Night (2022) was nominated for Most Outstanding Stunt Performance at the ACTRA Awards, as well as for Best Original Score at the International Film Music Critics Awards and at the Reel Music Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tommy Wirkola, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 6, 1979 (46)
- Alta, Norway
- Director, writer and producer
- 11 on MovieCove · 26 credits in all
What are Tommy Wirkola's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 5 · Wry 2 · Earnest 2
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 2 · Dark 4
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 6
Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 8
A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 5
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 4
A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 5
Casual 5 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous4
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 Tommy Wirkola's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Tommy Wirkola'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
26 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.
Violent Night 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Thrash(2026)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Over Your Dead Body(2026)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Spermageddon(2024)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Violent Night(2022)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Leave(2022)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
The Trip(2021)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Kurt Josef Wagle and the Murder Mystery on the Hurtigruta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
What Happened to Monday(2017)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Kill Buljo 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Hellfjord (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Help, We Are Graduating! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Kurt Josef Wagle and the Legend of the Fjord Witch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Empty Barrels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Dead Snow(2009)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Kill Buljo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Kill Buljo: The Beginning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Remake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Prosjekt Adonis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Rikets Røst (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Nytt på nytt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
All Day & All Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Deathrow-mance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 25 titles, 22 of them dated from 1999 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
Highest rated
The Trip (2021)
Most popular right now
Over Your Dead Body (2026)
Film career
- 2007Screen debut· Kill Buljo
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 Tommy Wirkola's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 11; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Panned1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 60/100 and the pacing 50/100 in their films, across 11 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.
Is Tommy Wirkola's work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Tommy Wirkola work with?
People who share at least 2 of Tommy Wirkola's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Matthew Weston shares the most, 6.
Writers
- Stig Frode HenriksenShared titles: Spermageddon (2024), The Trip (2021), Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014), Hjelp, vi er i filmbransjen (2011), Dead Snow (2009)See all 5 shared titles with Stig Frode Henriksen
- Geir Vegar HoelShared titles: Spermageddon (2024), Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014), Dead Snow (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Geir Vegar Hoel
- John NivenShared titles: Over Your Dead Body (2026), The Trip (2021)See all 2 shared titles with John Niven
- Nick BallShared titles: Over Your Dead Body (2026), The Trip (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Nick Ball
Actors
- Christian RubeckShared titles: Spermageddon (2024), The Trip (2021), What Happened to Monday (2017), Hjelp, vi er i filmbransjen (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Christian Rubeck
- Aksel HennieShared titles: Spermageddon (2024), The Trip (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Aksel Hennie
- Bjørn SundquistShared titles: Spermageddon (2024), Dead Snow (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Bjørn Sundquist
- Charlotte FrognerShared titles: Spermageddon (2024), Dead Snow (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Charlotte Frogner
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Matthew WestonShared titles: Over Your Dead Body (2026), Thrash (2026), Violent Night (2022), The Trip (2021), Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014), Dead Snow (2009)See all 6 shared titles with Matthew Weston
- Martin StoltzShared titles: Thrash (2026), Spermageddon (2024), What Happened to Monday (2017), Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014), Dead Snow (2009)See all 5 shared titles with Martin Stoltz
- Christian WibeShared titles: Spermageddon (2024), The Trip (2021), What Happened to Monday (2017), Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014), Dead Snow (2009)See all 5 shared titles with Christian Wibe
- Jim PageShared titles: Thrash (2026), Violent Night (2022), Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Jim Page
Producers
- Kjetil OmbergShared titles: Over Your Dead Body (2026), Spermageddon (2024), The Trip (2021), Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014), Hjelp, vi er i filmbransjen (2011), Dead Snow (2009)See all 6 shared titles with Kjetil Omberg
- Jørgen Storm RosenbergShared titles: Over Your Dead Body (2026), Spermageddon (2024), The Trip (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Jørgen Storm Rosenberg
- Terje StrømstadShared titles: Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014), Hjelp, vi er i filmbransjen (2011), Dead Snow (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Terje Strømstad
- Adam McKayShared titles: Thrash (2026), Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Adam McKay
Mixed roles
- Jesper SundnesShared titles: Spermageddon (2024), Hjelp, vi er i filmbransjen (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Jesper Sundnes
