Thea Hvistendahl

Thea Hvistendahl (born 1989) is a Norwegian filmmaker best known for the 2024 horror film Handling the Undead.

Education
Hvistendahl studied filmmaking at Westerdals School of Communication in Oslo.

Career
Hvistendahl began directing short films and commercials in the early 2010s. In 2017, she participated in the Berlinale Talents Short Form Station program to develop her short film Children of Satan, which was released in 2019.

Hvistendahl's 2024 feature film, an adaptation of the John Ajvide Lindqvist novel Handling the Undead, premiered in the World Cinematic Dramatic Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.