---
name: "Eskil Vogt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eskil-vogt"
fi1m_id: "eskil-vogt"
imdb_id: "nm1258777"
tmdb_id: 444892
wikidata_id: "Q16905873"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "31 October 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-30T20:15:03.541985+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Eskil Vogt

## Identity

Eskil Vogt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eskil-vogt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eskil-vogt
- **IMDb ID:** nm1258777
- **TMDB ID:** 444892
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16905873
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskil_Vogt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16905873, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1258777/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/444892

Writer. Born 31 October 1974 in Oslo, Norway.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 31 October 1974, Oslo, Norway
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Anders Danielsen Lie](https://film.one/person/anders-danielsen-lie.md), [Andrea Berentsen Ottmar](https://film.one/person/andrea-berentsen-ottmar.md), [Joachim Trier](https://film.one/person/joachim-trier.md), [Renate Reinsve](https://film.one/person/renate-reinsve.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 83 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Animation 1, Documentary 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $37m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskil_Vogt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16905873, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1258777/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/444892

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Worst Person in the World*](https://film.one/film/the-worst-person-in-the-world.md) (84)
- **Disney+:** [*Sentimental Value*](https://film.one/film/sentimental-value.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Eskil Vogt is a Norwegian screenwriter and film director. Born in Oslo on 31 October 1974, he studied at the French film school La Fémis.

He has collaborated with director Joachim Trier on the screenplays for *Reprise* (2006), *Oslo, August 31st* (2011), *Louder Than Bombs* (2015), *Thelma* (2017), *The Worst Person in the World* (2021) and *Sentimental Value* (2025). Vogt has also written and directed the features *Blind* (2014) and *The Innocents* (2021).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, variety.com, snl.no.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Sentimental Value* (2025), Fi1m 79, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/sentimental-value.md)
- *Flee* (2021), Fi1m 83, Script Consultant — [page](https://film.one/film/flee.md)
- *The Worst Person in the World* (2021), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-worst-person-in-the-world.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sentimental Value* (2025), Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/sentimental-value.md)
- *Copenhagen Does Not Exist* (2023), Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *Sick of Myself* (2022), Script Consultant
- *The Worst Person in the World* (2021), Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-worst-person-in-the-world.md)
- *The Innocents* (2021), Writer, Director, Co-Producer
- *Flee* (2021), Script Consultant — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/flee.md)
- *Thelma* (2017), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Louder Than Bombs* (2015), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Blind* (2014), Director, Writer
- *Oslo, August 31st* (2011), Screenplay
- *Reprise* (2006), Writer
- *Seer believer* (2006), Director
- *Uti vår hage* (2003), series, Director
- *Procter* (2002), Writer
- *Still* (2001), Writer
- *Pieta* (2000), Screenplay
- *Thelma*, Original Film Writer
- *Untitled*, Writer, Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 2027: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Sentimental Value*
- 2026: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Sentimental Value*
- 2022: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *The Worst Person in the World*

### Other awards — 11 won, 3 nominated

- Amanda Award for Best Screenplay 2026: Amanda Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *Sentimental Value*
- Robert Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2024: Robert Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Copenhagen Does Not Exist*
- Amanda Award for Best Direction 2022: Amanda Award for Best Direction (won), for *The Innocents*
- Amanda Award for Best Screenplay 2022: Amanda Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *The Worst Person in the World*
- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2021: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (nominated), for *The Worst Person in the World*
- Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award 2017: Sitges Film Festival Best Screenplay award (won), for *Thelma*
- Amanda Award for Best Screenplay 2016: Amanda Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *Louder Than Bombs*
- Kanon Award for Best Screenplay 2015: Kanon Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *Louder Than Bombs*
- Amanda Award for Best Direction 2014: Amanda Award for Best Direction (won), for *Blind*
- Kanon Award for Best Direction 2014: Kanon Award for Best Direction (won), for *Blind*
- Kanon Award for Best Screenplay 2014: Kanon Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *Blind*
- Kanon Award for Best Screenplay 2011: Kanon Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *Oslo, August 31st*
- Amanda Award for Best Screenplay 2007: Amanda Award for Best Screenplay (won), for *Reprise*
- European Film Award for Best Short Film 2003: European Film Award for Best Short Film (nominated), for *An Embrace*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/eskil-vogt