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Filmmaker · Sweden

Laila Mikkelsen

Died in 2023

Laila Mikkelsen was born in Vardø on 20 August 1940, in a working-class background, and grew up in Oslo. As a student she attended the city's film club, then taught for a few years before joining Norsk Film in 1968 as a script supervisor, where she soon began directing short films. She was one of the first women to direct feature films in Norway, made four of them from 1976 to 1984, produced many films and took part in the debates on film policy. She died on 13 January 2023, aged eighty-two.

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