Tonje Hessen Schei - Director at Upnorth Film
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After 5 years with unique access to the pioneers on the frontlines of the booming AI industry in the US, Europe and China, director Tonje Hessen Schei is ready with her new feature documentary "iHuman". Through some of the brightest minds in AI, this film draws the roadmap to where we are going. How does AI impact who we are? What is at stake, and who is in charge?
Director Tonje Hessen Schei is a Norwegian award-winning documentary filmmaker who has worked with independent documentary production since 1996. Tonje is the director of DRONE, a documentary on the secret CIA drone war. The film won the Norwegian Gullruten and Amanda awards, the Golden Nymph Award and received the award for The Most Valuable Documentary of the Year at Cinema for Peace in Berlin. Tonje has been featured in national and international media, including The Guardian, Monocle, VICE, Wired and has been on the BBC and CNN.
