Tommy Wirkola (born 1979 Alta, Norway) is a Norwegian filmmaker. Wirkola’s first film was 2007’s Kill Buljo that he co-wrote with Stig Frode Henriksen. They later made the 2009 horror comedy Dead Snow. His future projects include Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, which is being produced by Kevin Messick, Adam McKay, Will Ferrell and Chris Henchy and written by Dante Harper, as well as Kurt Josef Wagle And The Legend of the Fjord Witch. The latter being a mixture of The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity and [●REC]. Wirkola is of Finnish Sami heritage.