Martin Asphaug

Martin Asphaug (born 28 April 1950) is a film director and screenwriter from Trondheim, Norway.

With a background in writing and directing short films, industry documentaries and PSAs, Asphaug made his feature film debut with the award-winning 1989 film, ''A Handful of Time''.

Since 1992 Asphaug has primarily worked in Sweden, in several cases with SVT, directing episodes of ''Rederiet'' and the first season of ''Skärgårdsdoktorn''. Since 2000, Asphaug has worked on several projects from author Håkan Nesser, the first films of the ''Van Veeteren'' series (adaptations of ''The Mind's Eye'', ''The Return'' and ''Woman with Birthmark'') and the 1962 period film ''Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö'' of 2005. In 2007 he directed the first two films of the ''Irene Huss'' series by Helene Tursten.

He lives near Ystad in Skåne. Provided by Wikipedia