Eldar Einarson (born May 8, 1947) is a Norwegian filmmaker and writer.
[2][3][4] After completing his machinist's exam, he quit his career as a sailor at the end of the 1960s to start as a stagehand and actor at Scene 7 and the National Traveling Theater.
In 1975, he made his debut as a feature film director with Faneflukt based on his own original screenplay.
[5] This was followed by Kosmetikkrevolusjonen (1977)[6] and Pakketur til Paradis (1980), and finally For dagene er onde (1991).
[7][8] He made his debut as an author in 1999 with the children's book Rotteøgleskogen.