Biografi / Biography

Heidi Arnesen

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Heidi Arnesen er utdannet med en bachelor in fine arts fra CCA in California og har lang erfaring fra TV-bransjen både som produsent og regissør. Hun har laget spillefilmen Some Prefer Cake, åtte kortfilmer, 150 episoder av Hotel Cæsar, samt flere dokumentarserier for norske tv-selskaper. Hun var bosatt i San Francisco i ni år før hun flyttet tilbake til hjembyen Oslo i 1998. Hun arbeider og er partner i Cylinder Production AS, hvis film Nattrikken vant Kritikerprisen under Kortfilmfestivalen i Grimstad 2020.

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Heidi Arnesen graduated with a bachelor in fine arts from CCA in California. From there she made her feature film Some Prefer Cake, eight short films, 150 episodes of the night time drama Hotel Cæsar and several TV documentary series for Norwegian networks. She lived in San Francisco for nine years before relocating to her hometown of Oslo in 1998. She now works as producer at Cylinder Production AS, where she is also a partner. Cylinder recently produced the short film “Night Ride”, which won the Critics Award at the Norwegian Short Film Festival 2020.