Morten Tyldum was born on May 19, 1967 in Bergen, Norway. He was educated at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He originally wanted to be a musician but abandoned the ambition when he entered film school. Tyldum lives in Beverly Hills with his wife Janne and their child. They also maintain a house in Norway.
He is best known in his native Norway for directing Headhunters (2011), a thriller based on a novel by Jo Nesbo, and internationally for directing The Imitation Game (2014), a historical drama for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, and Passengers, a science fiction film.

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