Kristoffer Borgli

Borgli was born in 1985 in Oslo, Norway. At the age of 16, he worked at a video store for about three or four years, which sparked his interest in cinema and inspired him to pursue filmmaking. ==Career==

Borgli's first feature film was 2017's DRIB, "a real documentary based on a fake energy drink". His second feature film, 2022's Sick of Myself, is a story about a relationship, contemporary art, and alternate identity/personality creation. In addition to his feature films, Borgli has directed several notable short films. His 2018 short film A Place We Call Reality received the Norwegian Film Critic Association award for Best Short of the year. Another short film, Former Cult Member Hears Music For The First Time (2020), was an official selection at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2024, it was announced that Borgli would direct and executive produce a series adaptation of The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis for HBO. He ended up leaving the project, with Ryan Murphy taking it over in 2025. His most recent film, The Drama, produced by A24 and starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson in the lead roles was released in April 2026. ==Filmography==

Short film Feature film ==Personal life==

At the age of 27, he wrote an article for the Norwegian magazine D2, where he described a relationship with a teenage girl. ==References==