Hallvar Witzø

{{Short description|Norwegian film director (born 1984)}}

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Hallvar Witzø (born 1984)[http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/whqr/files/oscarshorts2012.pdf Reach for the stars] is a Norwegian film director. Witzø grew up in the village of Leksvik in central Norway. He studied film directing at Lillehammer's Norwegian Film School, graduating in 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Norsk-kortfilm-nominert-til-OscarA-6748209.html|title=Norsk studentfilm nominert til Oscar – Aftenposten|accessdate=25 March 2023}}

In 2012, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for the film Tuba Atlantic.{{cite news|last=BBC2012Noms|title=Oscars 2012: Nominees in full|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16700124|work=BBC News|date=24 January 2012 |publisher=BBC|access-date=January 24, 2012}} However, the nomination was later revoked after the Academy learned that the film was broadcast on television in 2010.