Dan Kolsrud was born in Trollhuset, Norway. He is an assistant director and producer, known for Se7en (1995), L.A. Confidential (1997) and Top Gun (1986).
Through the years he has fooled several people by telling them he was born in Trollhuset, Norway. This is an homage to his Norwegian ancestory, he was in fact born and raised in the US. There is no place in Norway called Trollhuset, it is however Norwegian for "House of Trolls" - a joke that probably only Kolsrud himself and Norwegians understand.
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Men Don't Leave
1990
first assistant director
Like Father Like Son
1987
assistant director
Spaceballs
1987
assistant director
Howard the Duck
1986
first assistant director
Top Gun
1986
first assistant director - as Daniel P. Kolsrud
The Goonies
1985
first assistant director
Lace
1984
TV Mini-Series assistant director - 2 episodes
Fatal Vision
1984
TV Mini-Series assistant director - 2 episodes
Gorky Park
1983
first assistant director
Going Berserk
1983
first assistant director
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
first assistant director
Ghost Story
1981
first assistant director
Xanadu
1980
first assistant director
Coal Miner's Daughter
1980
first assistant director
The Legend of the Golden Gun
1979
TV Movie second assistant director
Same Time, Next Year
1978
second assistant director
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978
second assistant director
Escape from Bogen County
1977
TV Movie second assistant director
Red Alert
1977
TV Movie second assistant director - as Don Kolsrud
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Identity Thief
2013
executive producer
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009
executive producer
Role Models
2008
executive producer
The Fog
2005
executive producer
Are We There Yet?
2005
producer
13 Going on 30
2004
executive producer
Daddy Day Care
2003
executive producer
Serving Sara
2002
executive producer
Bicentennial Man
1999
executive producer
Mystery, Alaska
1999
executive producer
L.A. Confidential
1997
executive producer
Se7en
1995
executive producer
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994
executive producer
Grumpy Old Men
1993
executive producer
Falling Down
1993
co-producer
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
producer
Impulse
1990
executive producer
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
associate producer
Production Manager
Title
Year
Status
Character
Grumpy Old Men
1993
unit production manager
Impulse
1990
unit production manager
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Spit
2011
Short special thanks
Continental Divide
1981
special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Legendary AD
2016
Documentary
Himself
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2005
Black Movie Award
Black Movie Awards
Outstanding Motion Picture
Are We There Yet? (2005)
Known for movies
Se7en (1995) as Producer
L.A. Confidential (1997) as Producer
The Goonies (1985) as Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Top Gun (1986) as Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
$4 Million
