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Mari Finnestad

Senior Advisor, Head of Film, based in Oslo

Mari is director and scriptwriter, with over 17 years’ experience in the movie and television industry.

In recent years she has been responsible for over 100 movies for both private and public clients, including The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration, The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training, Oslo Municipality, Norwegian Organization for Asylum Seekers, and the Aschehoug Publishing House.

Before working at Leidar, she worked mostly in television, and won the Gullruten award for her efforts. She had been employed by TV2 for several years, and had the pleasure of making a series of entertainment programmes that took her to Namibia, Uganda, Cambodia and the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and South Africa.

Mari is a graduate with Master of Arts in Visual Anthropology from the University of Manchester, with emphasis on history, social Anthropology and comparative politics.

Mari’s office teammates

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    Andreas Krogsæther

    Consultant, Design and Film

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    Anne Cathrine Lippert

    Consultant, Film and Design

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    Edwin Shankar

    Consultant, Media and Content

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    Helena Østrem Øgård

    Consultant, Media and Content

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    Hilde Holmesland

    Senior Consultant, Film Production

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    Ingrid Helsingen Warner

    Senior Advisor, International Communications

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    Maiken Prestmo

    Consultant, Media and Content

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    Marianne Fekene

    Senior Consultant, Sustainability Communications

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    Marianne Kleven

    Senior Consultant, Film Production

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