Espen Thorstenson (27 November 1940 â 15 January 2019) was a Norwegian film director.
Thorstenson was educated at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in Paris. His films include Dager fra 1000 ÃÂ¥r (1970), further the two films ' (1977) and ' (1979), based on children's books by Anne-Cath Vestly, and Bak sju hav (1991), a film about Pakistani immigrants to Norway.
He died on 15 January 2019, aged 78.