Leif Sinding

{{Short description|Norwegian film director (1895–1985)}}

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|caption=1942 NTB (Norwegian News Agency)

|birth_date={{birth date|1895|11|19|df=y}}

|birth_place=Norway

|death_date={{death date and age|df=yes|1985|05|13|1895|11|19}}

|death_place=Norway

|occupation=Film director, journalist

|spouse={{marriage|Ellen Buttedahl|1919|1980|reason=d}}{{r|nbl}}

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Leif Sinding (19 November 1895 – 13 May 1985) was a Norwegian film director and journalist.

He worked for the newspapers Verdens Gang, Aftenposten, and Morgenbladet. Among his silent films are Himmeluret from 1925, based on Gabriel Scott's comedy, and Fjeldeventyret from 1926. He directed the film Bra mennesker (1937), based on a play by Oskar Braaten, and the films De vergeløse (1939) and Tante Pose (1940), both based on novels by Gabriel Scott. In 1941 he directed the comedy Kjærlighet og vennskap. During the German occupation of Norway Sinding collaborated with the Axis forces, was a member of Nasjonal Samling, and was sentenced to four years forced labour after the war.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Leif Sinding |first=Trond Olav |last=Svendsen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Leif_Sinding |editor=Henriksen, Petter|language=Norwegian|accessdate=1 November 2009 }}{{cite encyclopedia |title=Leif Sinding |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Trond Olav |last=Svendsen |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Leif_Sinding/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=1 November 2009}}