Virke Produsentforeningen
Former vice chair
Industry representation, production policy and the shared interests of independent producers.
Leadership & biography
Making the work.
Building what sustains it.
My work in cultural leadership and boards begins with the producer’s responsibility for people, risk and delivery.
From production to institutions.
Frederick Howard leads Storm Films. His work spans development, financing, production, rights and international partnerships, across feature film, television, animation and documentary.
Production brings artistic ambition into contact with finance, time and responsibility. That experience also informs Howard’s board work and public engagement: who carries the risk, who owns the rights, and what gives skilled people the freedom to do good work?
He co-created Vikingskool with Gisle Normann Melhus and produced films including Three Wishes for Cinderella, Battle and Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama. Recent credits also include international co-productions and documentaries.
Storm Films & the teamGovernance & shared responsibility
Board & industry experience.
Previous roles spanning industry representation, production technology, Nordic post-production and distribution.
Storm Studios
Ten years on the board
Visual effects, technology and international production infrastructure.
Nordisk Film ShortCut
Five years of board experience
Post-production and collaboration across the Nordic screen industries.
Euforia Film
Five years of board experience
Distribution, rights and the relationship between films and audiences.
Research & education
Practice made
into knowledge.
Howard holds a PhD in Artistic Research from the University of Inland Norway / Norwegian Film School. His doctoral work examines trust, the producer’s artistic contribution and the way creative collaboration is shaped through structure and leadership.
Trust Design makes production experience available to other creative and expert organisations. Tom Remlov has been Howard’s teacher, mentor and principal doctoral supervisor.
- 2026
- PhD in Artistic Research
University of Inland Norway / Norwegian Film School - 2016–2017
- ACE Producers
European producer development - 2005–2008
- Norwegian Film School
Producing - 2003–2005
- Westerdals
Film and visual communication
Name & credits
Frederick Peter Nicolai Howard uses the professional names Frederick Howard and Frederick P. N. Howard in film credits and publications.
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A conversation about what comes next.
Cultural leadership, boards, speaking and collaboration.