Erik Poppe

Erik Poppe (born 24 June 1960) is a Norwegian film director, screenwriter and former cinematographer and press photographer. Poppe started his career as a photographer for the newspaper Verdens Gang. He graduated as a cinematographer at the Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden in 1989, and worked as a cinematographer for commercials. He was director of photography on Bent Hamer's film Eggs.

His first feature film as director was Schpaaa in 1998, followed by Hawaii, Oslo in 2004. His last film, deUSYNLIGE (English: Troubled Water), is the third and last film in his "Oslo" trilogy. Poppe is co-owner of Paradox Films.

Poppe is one of Norway’s most experienced directors of commercials and music videos, as well as short films and documentaries. He directed the first four episodes of the TV-drama Brigaden. Troubled Water won the audience prize for best narrative feature film at the Hamptons International Film Festival in October 2008.

As of 2014 he is filming (at Oscarsborg Fortress) the film Three Days in April (Tre døgn i april).

Erik Poppe (physician)

Erik Poppe (3 April 1905 – 4 November 1997) was a Norwegian professor of medicine, specializing in oncology, radiation therapy and similar subjects.

He was born in Kristiania as a son of tramway director Trygve Poppe. He finished his secondary education in 1923, took the cand.med. degree at the Royal Frederick University in 1930 and the dr.med. degree in 1942 with the thesis Experimental Investigations of the Effects of Roentgen Rays in the Eye. He was a chief physician at Tromsø Hospital before becoming chief physician at the Norwegian Radium Hospital from 1954 to 1975. He was also appointed as a docent at the University of Oslo in 1954, and promoted to professor in 1962. He was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1972 and was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1977.

He was married to Cathrine Høy, a daughter of Iver Høy. They resided in Oslo, had two daughters and two sons. He died in November 1997 and was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund.