Born: 24 May 1950, Denmark, as Harald Gunnar Paalgard.

Education: Högskola för Film, Radio, Television och Teater, Dramatiska institutet [DI], Stockholm, Sweden.

Career: Ph commercials.

Awards: Trondheim Kommunes Award [1985]; 'Amanda' Award [1985] for 'Orions belte'; Guldbagge Award [1994] for 'Drømspel'; Guldbagge Award [1996] for 'Juloratoriet'; 'Edda' Award nom [2002] & Kodak Nordic Vision Award [2003] for 'Falcons'; Copenhagen IFF 'Golden Swan' [2003] for 'Afgrunden'; Guldbagge Award nom [2005] for 'Så som i himmelen'; 'Robert' Award nom [2006] for 'Drabet'; KODAK Nordic Vision Award [2007] & 'Robert' Award nom [2007] for 'Kunsten at græde i kor'; Honorary Aamot-statuetten [2009].

1974        En lugn och mysig miljö [Kikki Engelbrektson] ?; short/?m; prod DI

1979        Fabel/A Fable [Jan Erik Düring] c

1980        Martin [Leidulv Risan] c; + co-scrpl

1981        Den grønne heisen/The Green Elevator [Odd-Geir Sæther] c

1982        50/50 [Oddvar Bull Tuhus] c; cph: Knut Gløersen, Rolv Håan & Halvor Næss

1983        Speilprinsessen [Knut Jorfald & Lars Rasmussen] 16mm/c; short/11m

1983        Prima Veras saga om Olav den hellige/Prima Vera's Saga of St. Olav [Herodes Falsk & (tech dir) Harald

                    Paalgard] c

1984        Vepsen [Knut Jorfald & Lars Rasmussen] 16mm/c; short/18m

1985        Mexico, Mexico, Manuel [Kjersti Alver] 16mm/c; doc/18m

1985        Orions belte/Orion's Belt [Ola Solum] c; 2uc: Torleif Hauge & Nils Petter Lothrington

1986        Superlove [Aamund Johannesen] 16mm/c; short/15m; cph: Kjell Vassdal

1987        Etter Rubicon/After Rubicon [Leidulv Risan] c

1987        Trollsteinen [Alexander Røsler] c; short/52m

1988        Landstrykere/Wanderers [Ola Solum & Eva Isaksen] c

1988        Blücher [Oddvar Bull Tuhus] c

1988        Dykket/The Dive [Tristan DeVere Cole] c

1989        Til en ukjent/To One Unknown [Unni Straume] c

1989        Mange flagg - ingen grenser/Many Flags - No Borders [Kikki Engelbrektson] c; doc/97m; studio ph; ph: Rolf Larsen

1990        Troll [Eva Dahr] b&w; short/15m

1991        Frida - med hjertet i hånden/Frida - Straight from the Heart [Berit Nesheim] c; + co-scrpl

1991        Krigerens hjerte/Den lange veien hjem/The Warrior's Heart [Leidulv Risan] c

1991        Lakki/Gutten som kunne fly/Lakki... The Boy Who Could Fly [Svend Wam] c

1992        Ejnars Himmelfart [Lars Rasmussen] c; short/20m

1992        Svarte pantere/Rebels with a Cause [Thomas Robsahm] c

1992        Avsporing/Déraillement/Derailment [Unni Straume] b&w; short/7m

1993        Secondløitnanten/The Second Lieutenant/The Last Lieutenant [Hans Petter Moland] p/c

1993        Drømspel/Dreamplay [Unni Straume] b&w-c

1993        Trollsyn - sagnet om Jostedalsrypa/Second Sight [Ola Solum] c

1995        Carl Th. Dreyer: min metier/Carl Th. Dreyer - Yrke filmregissør/Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier [Torben Skjødt

                    Jensen] b&w; doc/96m

1995        Dypets ensomhet/Depth Solitude/Loneliness of the Deep [Thomas Lien & Joachim Solum] c; short/7m

1995        Gensidig berøring [Torben Skjødt Jensen] ?; short/20m

1995        Passageraren/The Passenger [Michael Druker] c

1995        Juloratoriet/Christmas Oratorio [Kjell-Åke Andersson] c

1996        Maja Steinansikt/Maya Stoneface [Lars Berg] c; also 3-part tv-miniseries

1997        Mørkets øy/Isle of Darkness [Trygve Allister Diesen] c

1997        På villgress [Kikki Engelbrektson] announced; status unknown

1997        Cleveland [Petter Vennerød] c; short/8m

1997        Thranes metode - en kjærlighetshistorie/Thrane's Method [Unni Straume] c

1998        Manden som ikke ville dø/The Man Who Would Live Forever [Torben Skjødt Jensen] s35/b&w

1998        Suffløsen/The Prompter [Hilde Heier] c

1998        Desperate bekjentskaper/Desperate Acquaintances [Svend Wam] scope/c

1999        Pappasøndag/Daddy's Sunday [Unni Straume] c; short/5m

1999        Sigaretter/Cigarettes [Evald Otterstad] c; short/5m

2000        Englar alheimsins/Universets engler/Universums änglar/Angels of the Universe [Fridrik Thór Fridriksson] c

2000        Det største i verden/The Greatest Thing [Thomas Robsahm] scope/c; co-2uc; ph: Gaute Gunnari

2001        Vita fjädrar/White Feathers [Peter Snickars] s16/c; short/15m

2001        Tyven, tyven/Hold My Heart [Trygve Allister Diesen] scope/c

2001        Falcons/Fálkar [Fridrik Thór Fridriksson] s35/c

2002        Musikk for bryllup og begravelser/Music for Weddings and Funerals [Unni Straume] s35/c

2002        Ulvesommer/Wolf Summer [Peder Norlund] 16mm/c

2002        Arven/Arvet/Inheritance [Per Fly] c

2003        Lille frk Norge/The Beast of Beauty [Hilde Heier] c; cph: Philip Øgaard, Pål Odden & Ingeborg Klyve

2003        Næsland/Niceland [Fridrik Thór Fridriksson] project; scheduled to start filming in June; film was ph by Morten Søborg

2003        Så som i himmelen/As It Is in Heaven [Kay Pollak] c

2004        Etter leggetid - Et klynk, en dans, et liv/Past Bedtime - A Whimper, a Dance, a Life [Kristin Hauksdottir] 16mm-

                    35bu/c; short/6m

2004        Drabet/Dråpet/Manslaughter [Per Fly] c

2004        En folkefiende/An Enemy of the People [Erik Skjoldbjærg] c

2005        Love [Unni Straume] announced; status unknown

2006        Kunsten at græde i kor/The Art of Crying [Peter Schønau Fog] c

2007        5 grøss fra Vestlandet/5 Thrills [seg (10m) 'Naïn' dir by Therese Jacobsen] c; short/40m; 5 seg; other ph (4 seg):

                    Jakob Ingimundarson; seg also shown separately

2007        Ulvenatten/Night of the Wolf [Kjell Sundvall] c

2007        Red [Trygve Allister Diesen (replaced Lucky McKee)] HD-to-35mm/c; addph: Jaron Presant; shooting (dir by McKee) was

                    halted in December 2006 and resumed 6 months later with dir T.A. Diesen

2007        De gales hus/House of Fools [Eva Isaksen] 16mm-35bu/c

2008        Appelsinpiken/Orange Girl [Eva Dahr] c

2008        Kärlekens krigare/Warriors of Love [Simon Staho] scope/c

2009        Kvinden der drømte om en mand/The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man [Per Fly] scope/c

2009        Hunter's Bride/Der Freischütz [Jens Neubert] scope/c

198?        Peer Gynt [?] ?

1998        Porträttet [Marie Feldtmann] tvm/80m

2001        Afgrunden/The Tenth Muse [Torben Skjødt Jensen] 2-part tvm/HD; also theatrical version (100m)

2004        The Search for the Northwest Passage/Nordvest-passasjen [Louise Osmond & (add dir) Chris Schmidt] 2-part

                    docudrama; addph: Jason Longo, Nick Manley & Martin Patmore; also 2-hour ep ('Arctic Passage: Prisoners of the Ice')

                    of PBS-tv series 'NOVA' (2006)

2006        Torpedo [Trygve Allister Diesen] 4-part miniseries/s16

1976        Bør Børson II [Stein-Roger Bull] c.asst; ph: Odd-Geir Sæther

1976        Man måste ju leva... [Margareta Vinterheden] c.asst; ph: Odd-Geir Sæther, Petter Davidson & Rune Ericson

1977        Øyeblikket [Sverre Udnæs] c.asst; ph: Odd-Geir Sæther

1978        Kejsaren/The Emperor [Jösta Hagelbäck] c.asst; ph: Sten Holmberg

1984        Gulag [Roger Young; tvm & theatres] c.op Norway; ph: Kelvin Pike

1994        Pan/Two Green Feathers [Henning Carlsen] co-thanks; ph: Henning Kristiansen