Harald Zwart

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Harald Zwart (born July 1, 1965) is a Norwegian film director. Although born in the Netherlands, Zwart was raised in Fredrikstad in Norway. As early as age eight, he started making short films. He attended the Dutch Film Academy in Amsterdam where he received great acclaim for his student film Gabriel's Surprise. The film was later televised. In addition to several award-winning short films, music videos and commercials, he has directed the films Agent Cody Banks, One Night at McCool's, Hamilton and Lange Flate Ballær 2. He is also the co-director and producer of the first Long Flat Balls, a Norwegian film about soccer fans from the city of Fredrikstad, Norway. This movie, often described as "The Full Monty" with more laughs, became a huge hit in Norway. Zwart's largest grossing film to date is The Karate Kid (2010 film) starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. Harald Zwart has directed music videos for the Norwegian band a-ha, for the songs Velvet and Forever Not Yours. He is attached as executive producer and possibly director of a film that is based on the video game RollerCoaster Tycoon. His trademark is that he always adds props and items that represent Fredrikstad and the football club Fredrikstad F.K. in his movies. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harald Zwart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

One Night at McCool's (2001)

Jewel murders her boyfriend and moves in with Randy, a bartender at McCool's. His cousin Carl is driven crazy by Jewel while Detective Dehling who is investigating the murder also gets smitten by her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Matt Dillon  •  Liv Tyler  •  Mary Jo Smith  •  Michael Douglas

Jewel murders her boyfriend and moves in with Randy, a bartender at McCool's. His cousin Carl is driven crazy by Jewel while Detective Dehling who is investigating the murder also gets smitten by her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Matt Dillon  •  Liv Tyler  •  Mary Jo Smith  •  Michael Douglas

Agent Cody Banks (2003)

Recruited by the U.S. government to be a special agent, nerdy teenager Cody Banks must get closer to cute classmate Natalie in order to learn about an evil plan hatched by her father. But despite the agent persona, Cody struggles with teen angst.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Frankie Muniz  •  Hilary Duff  •  Angie Harmon  •  Keith David

Recruited by the U.S. government to be a special agent, nerdy teenager Cody Banks must get closer to cute classmate Natalie in order to learn about an evil plan hatched by her father. But despite the agent persona, Cody struggles with teen angst.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Frankie Muniz  •  Hilary Duff  •  Angie Harmon  •  Keith David

The Karate Kid (2010)

EnjoyableInspiringUpliftingGripping

Twelve-year-old Dre Parker could have been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Jaden Smith  •  Jackie Chan  •  Taraji P. Henson  •  Yu Rongguang

Twelve-year-old Dre Parker could have been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Jaden Smith  •  Jackie Chan  •  Taraji P. Henson  •  Yu Rongguang

The 12th Man (2017)

After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his eleven comrades dead, a Norwegian resistance fighter finds himself fleeing the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Thomas Gullestad  •  Jonathan Rhys Meyers  •  Marie Blokhus  •  Mads Sjøgård Pettersen

After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his eleven comrades dead, a Norwegian resistance fighter finds himself fleeing the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Thomas Gullestad  •  Jonathan Rhys Meyers  •  Marie Blokhus  •  Mads Sjøgård Pettersen

Act Naturally (1993)

A television-team makes a surprise visit to an olympic athlete's grandmother. They want to capture her reaction just as her grandson crosses the finish line. Unfortunately, the woman is totally uninterested in sports, and doesn't even have a TV. The interview is a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Wenche Foss  •  Jack Fjeldstad  •  Lars Sørbø  •  Trine Svensen

A television-team makes a surprise visit to an olympic athlete's grandmother. They want to capture her reaction just as her grandson crosses the finish line. Unfortunately, the woman is totally uninterested in sports, and doesn't even have a TV. The interview is a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Wenche Foss  •  Jack Fjeldstad  •  Lars Sørbø  •  Trine Svensen

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)

IntenseFast pacedSmartRomantic

In New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters — half-angel warriors who protect humanity from evil forces. After her mother disappears, Clary joins forces with a group of Shadowhunters and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Lily Collins  •  Jamie Campbell Bower  •  Kevin Zegers  •  Jemima West

In New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters — half-angel warriors who protect humanity from evil forces. After her mother disappears, Clary joins forces with a group of Shadowhunters and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Lily Collins  •  Jamie Campbell Bower  •  Kevin Zegers  •  Jemima West

Long Flat Balls II (2008)

Six beer-bellied guys from the Ed Garage find their plans for the week totally changed by a draft for a National Guard maneuver. After an accidental meeting with a U.S. Admiral (Don Johnson), we find our six misfits are the only ones between us and a nuclear holocaust.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Jan Edgar Fjell  •  Petter Jørgensen  •  Anders Fast Fjell  •  Eirik Tobiassen

Six beer-bellied guys from the Ed Garage find their plans for the week totally changed by a draft for a National Guard maneuver. After an accidental meeting with a U.S. Admiral (Don Johnson), we find our six misfits are the only ones between us and a nuclear holocaust.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Jan Edgar Fjell  •  Petter Jørgensen  •  Anders Fast Fjell  •  Eirik Tobiassen

The Pink Panther 2 (2009)

When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is forced to assign Inspector Clouseau to a team of international detectives and experts charged with catching the thief and retrieving ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Steve Martin  •  Jean Reno  •  Emily Mortimer  •  Andy García

When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is forced to assign Inspector Clouseau to a team of international detectives and experts charged with catching the thief and retrieving ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Steve Martin  •  Jean Reno  •  Emily Mortimer  •  Andy García

Urospredere (2009)

Urospredere is a Norwegian documentary on filesharing, with focus on how filesharing could be made legal, which changes would be necessary and how it would work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Asbjørn Engedal  •  Simon Eriksen Valvik
CAST:  Harald Zwart  •  Aslak Borgersrud  •  Trond Giske  •  Aslak Hartberg

Urospredere is a Norwegian documentary on filesharing, with focus on how filesharing could be made legal, which changes would be necessary and how it would work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Asbjørn Engedal  •  Simon Eriksen Valvik
CAST:  Harald Zwart  •  Aslak Borgersrud  •  Trond Giske  •  Aslak Hartberg

Hamilton (1998)

Swedish agents Carl Hamilton and Åke Stålhandske are ordered to stop Russian smugglers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Peter Stormare  •  Mats Långbacka  •  Lena Olin  •  Mark Hamill

Swedish agents Carl Hamilton and Åke Stålhandske are ordered to stop Russian smugglers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Peter Stormare  •  Mats Långbacka  •  Lena Olin  •  Mark Hamill

Noe med film (2003)

In this documentary we meet four friends who start their own production company in the hope of joining the film and television industry. Erik, Idar, Lars and Frode founded the film company AFF.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frode Myhra Skog
CAST:  Erik Grande  •  Idar Krogstad  •  Lars Karelius Noer  •  Frode Myhra Skog

In this documentary we meet four friends who start their own production company in the hope of joining the film and television industry. Erik, Idar, Lars and Frode founded the film company AFF.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frode Myhra Skog
CAST:  Erik Grande  •  Idar Krogstad  •  Lars Karelius Noer  •  Frode Myhra Skog

Long Flat Balls III (2022)

It's been 14 years and Petter has not kept his promise to marry Laila. Petter wants to get married. The problem is that he can't. The solution is in Lithuania. Old friendship, the relationship with Laila and Edgarasjen's existence are put to the test when Petter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Eirik Tobiassen  •  Petter Jørgensen  •  Kai Helge Hansen  •  Anders Fast Fjell

It's been 14 years and Petter has not kept his promise to marry Laila. Petter wants to get married. The problem is that he can't. The solution is in Lithuania. Old friendship, the relationship with Laila and Edgarasjen's existence are put to the test when Petter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harald Zwart
CAST:  Eirik Tobiassen  •  Petter Jørgensen  •  Kai Helge Hansen  •  Anders Fast Fjell

Buicken - store gutter gråter ikke (1991)

The bothers Ken and Bent are separated when their parents are divorced, and grow up as very different persons, before they meet as grown ups. They help each other out, but some years later Bent disappears. Only his crashed Buick is found.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hans Otto Nicolayssen
CAST:  Lasse Lindtner  •  Helge Jordal  •  Sverre Bentzen  •  Roy Bjørnstad

The bothers Ken and Bent are separated when their parents are divorced, and grow up as very different persons, before they meet as grown ups. They help each other out, but some years later Bent disappears. Only his crashed Buick is found.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hans Otto Nicolayssen
CAST:  Lasse Lindtner  •  Helge Jordal  •  Sverre Bentzen  •  Roy Bjørnstad