Arild Østin Ommundsen (born August 5, 1969) is a Norwegian film director and screenwriter.
He made his debut with the feature film Mongoland in 2001,[1] for which he wrote the script together with Gro Elin Hjelle.
Mongoland helped start the Stavanger wave in Norwegian film, and several of the actors that were involved have subsequently had great success.
[2][3] Østin Ommundsen has since directed and written the screenplay for Hjemsøkt (2003), Monstertorsdag (2004), Rottenetter (2009),[1] Eventyrland (2013), Now It's Dark (2018), and Tottori!
Arild Østin Ommundsen is married to the actress Silje Salomonsen.