Eirik Andreas Sandaker

Eirik Andreas is a Fulbright Scholar from Norway. He received a BA in Directing for Television from Lillehammer University College in 2008. His educational background covers both film theory and production and during the last five years he has been editing TV-entertainment in Oslo. He is familiar with the standard industry editing systems Final Cut Pro and AVID Media Composer. His thesis documentary from 2008 THE CHOICE OF LOVE debating Islam and homosexuality won “The Special Mention” prize at the Norwegian Documentary Festival in 2009 and was aired on Norway’’s national broadcasting channel NRK several times. Subsequently he toured with the film around schools of Norway lecturing students about its topic and the making of such a complex story. Screened on film festivals around the world the film is also distributed by Frameline in USA.

Eirik Andreas is currently completing his MFA in film editing at the American Film Institute Conservatory.