Harald Zwart

Harald Zwart
Harald Zwart
	Zwart in 2010
Born	1 July 1965 (age 59); Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch-Norwegian
Occupation	Film director

Harald Zwart (born 1 July 1965) is a Dutch-Norwegian film director.^[1]

Life and career

Although born in the Netherlands, Zwart was raised in Fredrikstad, Norway. By age eight, he had 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 directed the films Agent Cody Banks, One Night at McCool's, Hamilton and Lange Flate Ballær 2.^[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. His highest-grossing film to date is The Karate Kid. He also directed music videos for the Norwegian band a-ha, for the songs "Velvet" and "Forever Not Yours".^[2] He also directed the music video for a-ha vocalist Morten Harket's solo release song "Brother".^[3]

He is attached to direct Sony Pictures Animation's live-action/CG feature film based on the video game series RollerCoaster Tycoon,^[4] and as a director to Universal Pictures' Bakugan, a feature film based on the strategic game and anime series Bakugan Battle Brawlers.^[5]

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1990	Gabriel's Surprise	Yes	Yes
1992	Parents	Yes	Yes	Also editor
1993	Gull og grønne skoger	Yes	No
1996	Hytta	Yes	No
2018	Best Enemies	Yes	No	Co-directed with Emily Hopper
2019	Parents Inc	Yes	No

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Producer
1998	Hamilton	Yes	No
2001	One Night at McCool's	Yes	No
2003	Agent Cody Banks	Yes	No
2006	Lange flate ballær	Yes	Yes
2008	Lange flate ballær 2	Yes	Yes
2009	The Pink Panther 2	Yes	No
2010	The Karate Kid	Yes	No
2013	The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones^[6]^[7]	Yes	No
2017	The 12th Man	Yes	Yes
2022	Lange flate ballær 3	Yes	No