Arild Østin Ommundsen

Arild Østin Ommundsen (born August 5, 1969) is a Norwegian film director and screenwriter.

Arild Østin Ommundsen was born in Stavanger. He attended Stavanger University College, where he studied directing.

In 1999, Østin Ommundsen won the Gullstolen Award at the Short Film Festival in Grimstad with the film Før solen ståd opp (1999). He made his debut with the feature film Mongoland in 2001, for which he wrote the script together with Gro Elin Hjelle. The film won the Amanda Committee's Golden Clapper technical award in the 2001 Amanda Awards. Mongoland helped start the Stavanger wave in Norwegian film, and several of the actors that were involved have subsequently had great success. Østin Ommundsen has since directed and written the screenplay for Hjemsøkt (2003), Monstertorsdag (2004), Rottenetter (2009), Eventyrland (2013), Now It's Dark (2018), and Tottori! Sommeren vi var alene (2020). For Eventyrland he won an Amanda award and two Kanon Awards. He also received both the Aamot Statuette and the Rogaland Municipal Cultural Award in 2013. In 2011, Østin Ommundsen directed the third film in the film trilogy about Anne-Cath. Vestly's characters Lillebror and Knerten, Knerten i knipe. This was his debut as a director of a children's film.

Arild Østin Ommundsen is married to the actress Silje Salomonsen. They live in Stavanger.