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 Gabriels Surprise The film was later televised In addition to several awardwinning short films music videos and commercials he has directed the films Agent Cody Banks One Night at McCools Hamilton and Lange Flate Ballær 2 He is also the codirector 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 Zwarts 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 aha 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 FK in his movies Description above from the Wikipedia article Harald Zwart licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia