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Kristoffer Borgli
Kristoffer Borgli (born 1985) is a Norwegian film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the films Sick of Myself (2022), Dream Scenario (2023), and The Drama (2026).
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Kristoffer Borgli (born 1985) is a Norwegian film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the films Sick of Myself (2022), Dream Scenario (2023), and The Drama (2026).
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Borgli was born in 1985 in Oslo, Norway. He grew up in a small suburb outside of Oslo, where skateboarding and making videos dominated his youth. At the age of 16, he worked at a video store for about three or four years, which sparked his interest in cinema and inspired him to pursue filmmaking.
At the age of 27, he wrote an article for the Norwegian magazine D2, where he admitted to having a relationship with a 16-year-old girl.
Borgli's first feature film was 2017's DRIB, "a real documentary based on a fake energy drink". His second feature film, 2022's Sick of Myself, is a story about a relationship, contemporary art, and alternate identity/personality creation.
In addition to his feature films, Borgli has directed several notable short films. His 2018 short film A Place We Call Reality received the Norwegian Film Critic Association award for Best Short of the year. Another short film, Former Cult Member Hears Music For The First Time (2020), was an official selection at the Sundance Film Festival.
His 2023 film Dream Scenario about an ordinary college professor who suddenly achieves viral fame after appearing in millions of people's dreams received widespread critical praise and Oscar-buzz for its lead actor Nicolas Cage. He was not nominated. In 2024, it was announced that Borgli would direct and executive produce a series adaptation of The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis for HBO. He ended up leaving the project, with Ryan Murphy taking over it in 2025. His next film, The Drama, produced by A24 and starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson in the lead roles was released in April 2026.
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| 2026 | The Drama | Yes | Yes | Yes |
- Kristoffer Borgli at IMDb
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