Documentary filmmaker and writer Anders Hammer

Anders Sømme Hammer (born 20 August 1977) is a Norwegian documentarian and journalist.

Career

He moved to Kabul, Afghanistan in June 2007 to cover the ongoing war. He was a freelancer, but produced for several media outlets. He delivered news and radio and television documentaries for NRK and TV 2, and wrote for national outlets such as Dagbladet, Dagsavisen, Dagens Næringsliv, Morgenbladet, the Norwegian News Agency and Samtiden.[1] In 2010, he released the book Drømmekrigen ("The Dream War") on Aschehoug.[2]

He was named Freelancer of the Year by the Norwegian Union of Journalists in 2010 and received the Fritt Ord Award in 2011.[2]

His 2019 documentary Do Not Split was awarded the Short Film Special Jury Prize at the AFI Docs 2020 festival.[3] It later got nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 93rd Academy Awards.

References

  1. ↑ Hovden, Jan (2008-01-01). "Profane and Sacred. A study of the Norwegian journalistic field". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. 1 2 Isungset, Odd; Heftøy, Jens Egil (6 March 2012). "Informanter i burka" (in Norwegian). SKUP. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "AFI Docs announces 2020 award winners". AFI Docs. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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