FREDERICK HOWARD

Short biography

Frederick Howard is a producer, cultural leader and CEO of Storm Films. His work spans the Norwegian box-office hit Three Wishes for Cinderella, Cannes prizewinner Elephants in the Fog and the freedom-of-expression documentary Silenced Voices. He holds a PhD in Artistic Research and developed Trust Design, a framework that helps leaders identify and address the costs of creative collaboration under pressure.

Extended biography

Frederick Howard is a producer, cultural leader and CEO of Storm Films in Oslo. Over more than two decades, he has worked across feature films, drama series, animation, documentary and interactive media.

His producing credits include major Norwegian box-office hits Captain Sabertooth and the Treasure of Lama Rama (2014) and Three Wishes for Cinderella (2021), which opened to nearly 100,000 and more than 100,000 admissions respectively. Cinderella won the 2022 Amanda Award for Best Children’s Film. His work also includes the arthouse film Elephants in the Fog, which he co-produced and which won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at Cannes in 2026, and Silenced Voices, a documentary about freedom of expression and Sri Lankan journalists in exile. He co-created Vikingskool, produced for Disney by Cartoon Saloon, Samka Productions and Storm Films.

Howard previously served as vice chair of Virke Produsentforeningen, the Norwegian Producers’ Association within the Enterprise Federation of Norway. His board experience includes ten years at Storm Studios and five years each at Nordisk Film ShortCut and Euforia Film.

In 2026, he completed a PhD in Artistic Research at the University of Inland Norway. His Trust Design framework helps leaders identify who carries the cost when ambition outgrows time and resources, and make decisions about responsibility and creative freedom. He writes and speaks on cultural leadership, rights and the conditions for creative work.

fh@stormfilms.no
https://frederickhoward.no/

Photo credit: Storm Films AS