Biography

Michael Ringdal

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Born
April 26, 1970 · Tonsberg, Norway
Height
6′ 2½″ (1.89 m)

Biography

Michael Ringdal is an award winning Producer/Writer & Director.

Michael was born in the small town of Tonsberg, Norway and lives in Larvik, Norway.

He started out as a still photographer and worked all over the world shooting fashion, glam and commercial work.

Michael always had his own style on his photos that was loved by many and still is.

Michael has directed several music videos and promos.

He started in television as an extra and did a lot of casting of extras for television and movies.

His first small part was in a Television show called Borettslaget, season 3.

After a lot of casting work, Michael went on to become a producer. As a producer, his first movie was Soul's Mirror (2015).

Michael went on to write and produce Trapped (2015). Other movie credits include Papel de Idiota (2015), Mi Amor (2016), The Bitter Man (2017), Como Tu (2018), That Day (2019), Road to greatness (2019), Mojave Thirst (2019), , Outcall: initiation (2020), , The Neighbor (2020) & Inner Calling (2020).

Brave (2022), was his first film in 2022 that he wrote, directed and produced. After Brave he wrote, directed and produced That's The Plan (2022) and Satisfy You (2022).

2023-2026 Michael has helped his producer partner with a pet project called Cuckoo Loco (Web-Series). Second season is coming fall 2025.

Michael has also written, produced and directed a new short film The Chocolate in 2025

He is writing, directing and producing several movies including Karma, King of Clowns, Meeting You..., The Rescue Man, Just Don't Tell Me That and Satisfy Me a sequel to Satisfy You from 2022.
- IMDb mini biography by: MRP

Trademarks

Strong female characters

Trivia

Michael started his career as a still photographer. He has had pictures in many magazines around the world.
Michael started his movie career in casting. He became a producer in Sjelen's Speil (Soul's Mirror) when the writer/director Frode Graadahl needed a producer on the project.
Michael asked Åsmund Brede Eike to write the screenplay and direct Den Dagen (That Day) on the story he had written. Den Dagen (That Day) won the best screenplay & best actress Line Beck at the Woodengate international film festival. Den Dagen (That Day) came second as the best film in the same festival.
On Sjelen's Speil (Soul's Mirror) he meet actors Åsmund Brede Eike, Victoria Faale & Tony Llapi which he has worked with several times.
Den Dagen (That Day) is dedicated to his mom. She came to him with a song called "Den Store Dagen" by Benny Borg. She said that Michael should make a movie out of the song. Michael's mom passed away in 2015, so he decided to make a movie inspired by the song.