Tonje Hessen Schei

Tonje Hessen Schei

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1971-01-01 (53 years old)

Biography

Tonje Hessen Schei is a Norwegian film director, producer and screenwriter who has been making independent documentary films since 1996. Her films mostly take

on international issues that question systems of power.

Most recently, Hessen Schei directed Praying For Armageddon, a political thriller that investigates the dangerous consequences of the fusion between Evangelical Christianity and American politics. The film's worldwide premiere took place in early 2023 at the CPH:DOX film festival in Copenhagen, Denmark. The film will have its U.S. premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival on October 8, 2023.

Hessen Schei also directed iHUMAN, a film on artificial intelligence, power and social control. It

premiered at IDFA in 2019 with sold-out theaters and a Doc Talk with Edward Snowden. iHUMAN won

Best Norwegian Documentary at HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival in 2020. The film also

had special high-level panel debates at Berlinale and Cannes and was screened at the UN. iHUMAN qualified for the Oscar run in 2020.

Drone, a documentary Hessen Schei directed on the secret CIA drone warfare program premiered in 2015.

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Known For
Directing

Gender
Female

Birthday
1971-01-01 (53 years old)

Birth Place
Trondheim, Norway

Citizenships
Norway

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