Trygve Allister Diesen graduated from USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles.
Diesen has a comprehensive background in screenwriting and directing for film and TV, in Europe and the USA.
In 2010, he was the first to be awarded a practice-based doctorate in directing from the Norwegian Film School, with the project "Being the Director - Maintaining your Vision While Swimming with Sharks", where he explored the nature of keeping a personal, artistic vision in a collective and commercial art form.
Diesen's second feature film, Hold My Heart, was Norway's official submission for the 2003 Academy Awards, and was screened at festivals globally.
Diesen is also the creator of the Scandinavian thriller miniseries Torpedo.