DIRECTOR
MICHAEL GUG KONGSHAUG
EMMY - College Television Award - No Way Back
Cannes Lions YDA by Shots & CFP-E - No Way Back
Cannes Lions YDA by Shots & CFP-E - EXIT
Cannes Indie Shorts Awards - Utopia
Cyprus Dance Film Festival - Utopia
Sustainable Stories Film Fest - Utopia
FilmFest by Rogue Dancer - Utopia
Moovy Dance Film Festival - Utopia
IMARP - Utopia
Art Speaks Out - Environmental Initiative - Utopia
ARS Independent Festival - Leave
Mozi Motion Expo - Leave
First International Film Festival Xining - No Way Back
Cine Gear Expo - No Way Back
Justice Film Festival New York - No Way Back
Interfilm Festival Berlin - No Way Back
UCFTI Expo - No Way Back
Culver City Film Festival - No Way Back
OIC Youth Capital - No Way Back
Sao Paulo ISFF - EXIT
Beauvais Film Festival - EXIT
Tehran International Film Festival - EXIT
Manlleu Film Festival - EXIT
FEC Festival - EXIT
Interfilm Festival Berlin - EXIT
Shorts Attack - EXIT

12 STRONG
3rd Unit Director and Creative Assistant to Director Nicolai Fuglsig
12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.
I worked as Nicolai Fuglsig's Creative Assistant on the war movie "12 Strong" produced by Jerry Bruckheimer (Black Hawk Down, Pirates of the Caribbean, Top Gun, etc.) and Black Label Media (Sicario) starring Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon. It was shot by Rasmus Videbæk (A Royal Affair, The Dark Tower).
On the movie, I worked closely with Nicolai and Rasmus through the pre-production and production, and I sat with Nicolai all the way through the edit.
During production, I was given the 3rd Unit to direct.