Joachim Trier

Joachim Trier (b. 1974) is a Norwegian filmmaker known for intimate character studies shaped by memory, longing, and self-reckoning. With the Oslo trilogy—Reprise, Oslo, August 31st, and The Worst Person in the World—he traces emotional drift and generational uncertainty through fluid editing and subjective perspective. His films favor quiet observation over melodrama, often centering restless protagonists navigating love, ambition, and regret. Whether in contemporary drama or genre-tinged work like Thelma, Trier’s cinema balances introspection with formal precision, returning to the fragile space between possibility and consequence.