Joachim Trier is a Norwegian film director raised in Oslo, Norway. His father Jacob Trier was the sound technician of Pinchcliffe Grand Prix, the most notable film produced in Norway. His film making career derives mainly from his mother, who was a short film maker and from Lars von Trier, a famous Danish director to whom he is distantly related. His debut film Reprise follows the story of two aspiring writers and their volatile relationship. Released by Miramax films in 2006, it received several national awards, including the Amanda Award and the Aamot Statuette, as well as international recognition, with prizes at film festivals in Toronto, Istanbul, Rotterdam, Milano and Karlovy Vary, and led him to be named one of Variety's "10 Directors to Watch" in 2007. As a teenager, he was a top skateboarder who began shooting and producing his own skateboarding videos. His passion for film making furthered in his early twenties and this ultimately lead to his studies at the European Film College in Ebeltoft from 1995?1996 and at the UK's National Film & Television School. 

January 1st, 1974 in Copenhagen (Age 50)