Hans Petter Moland is a Norwegian film director. Hans Petter was the first-born son of Odd Moland and Sigrid Eid Moland, and has a younger brother named Morten Moland. He is a film graduate from Emerson College in the United States. When living in Boston Hans Petter met a college student Elizabeth Pacini whom he married, and later moved back to Norway with. When living in Norway he had three children; Nicolai, Anna Marina and Max Emil. In 1992 Hans Petter and Elizabeth got divorced. He later married Norwegian film artist Maria S�dahl and had three more children; Sara, Lukas and Jack. Hans Petter had been awarded prizes for his commercials at all major festivals, including Cannes, before he made his feature debut in 1993 with The Last Lieutenant. He followed up with Zero Kelvin, Aberdeen and The Beautiful Country, which was selected for Competition in Berlin. He also directed the short film United We Stand, which has been awarded prizes at several major film festivals. 

October 17th, 1955 in Oslo (Age 69)