Morten Tyldum (born 1967) is a Norwegian film director. He had his feature film debut with Buddy in 2003, a film that won great popular and critical acclaim. Previously he had worked with television, music videos, commercials and short films, and he had been named "Film talent of the year" by the newspaper Dagbladet in 1999.[1] Since Buddy he has made the movie Varg Veum - Falne engler (Fallen Angels) in 2008 and Hodejegerne (Headhunters) in 2011. Headhunters is based on the 2008 novel by same name written by Jo Nesbø.
Tyldum is educated at the School of Visual Arts in New York.[2] He lives in Oslo.