He is mostly known for directing the movies Minne om to mandager (1964), Dei rid mot havet (1960) and Avskjedsgaven (1961).
During World War II he was involved in resistance work, and had to flee to Sweden in 1942, where he joined the police troops.
Among his productions were adaptions of Arnold and Bach's farce Die spanische Fliege, and of Ibsen's play A Doll's House,[2] and of Willner and Reichert's operetta Das Dreimäderlhaus.
[2] He produced Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler for the Pitlochry Festival Theatre in Scotland in 1963.
[2] He has also produced Ibsen's plays Ghosts and The Wild Duck, Strindberg's Easter and Miss Julie, and Ionesco's The Chairs.