Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen (born 4 May 1972) is a Norwegian film director, producer and writer. He is best known for his action drama IZZAT (2005), his TV series TAXI (2011) as well as documentary films Voluntarily Forced (2014) and Recruiting for Jihad (2017). He often addresses national- and global discussion concerning immigration and racism both in his films as well as being an outspoken newspaper columnist and television debattant. In 2012 he founded the Oslo-based production company Curry Film AS. Other films directed by him, are the crime thriller Varg Veum - Bitter Flowers (2007) and the slacker comedy The Last Joint Venture (2008). Filmography Import Eksport (2005) - co-director IZZAT (2005) - writer/ director Varg Veum-Bitter Flowers (2007) - director The Last Joint Venture (2008) TAXI (2011) - writer/ director Haram (2014) - director/ producer Voluntarily Forced (2014) (documentary) - director/ producer Recruiting For Jihad (2017) (documentary) - director/producer In The Dark (2017) (TV series) - director Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen directed part two (episodes 3&4) of In The Dark, a four-part drama, starting MyAnna Buring, written by Bafta-winning writer Danny Brocklehurst (Ordinary Lies, The Driver, Exile) for BBC One. Adapted from the books by best-selling novelist Mark Billingham, In The Dark centers around the engaging and complex female detective Helen Weeks, in two separate stories. Awards 2006: Audience Award, IZZAT, best movie Kosmorama film festival 2012: Gullruten (Golden Screen) Best Drama - TAXI 2014: The Rhino Prize (Neshornpprisen), Klassekampen 2015: The Ossietzky Prize, Freedom Of Expression Award, Norwegian PEN(a department of PEN international) Early life Rolfsen was born and raised in Hasle, Oslo. His father is a Pakistani immigrant and his mother, acclaimed artist, Kari Rolfsen. From the age of 11 Rolfsen engaged in fighting every day racism as a youth associate of Norwegian Centre Against Racism. Career In 1992 Rolfsen majored in drama at Hartvig Nissen High School in Oslo. Instead of attending college, he moved to New York City 1992-1993 to work as a photographer's assistant as well as serving as an intern editing documentary films. Back in Oslo he started a career as a still photographer and directed advertisement films for many years, as well as music-videos. Rolfsens most notable success has been as a feature film director. In 2005 Rolfsen wrote and directed his first feature movie, IZZAT, produced by Filmkameratene. It is a coming of age action drama telling the story of Pakistani gangsters