Mette Nyseter

Short description

Mette Nyseter is a director, researcher and assistant professor at the Norwegian TV School, University of Inland Norway, where she has taught the art of audiovisual storytelling since 2016. Her main focus is directing for TV and documentaries.

She currently works within artistic research, exploring improvisation, role play and simulation as methods for developing both documentary filmmakers and their artistic projects. She is particularly interested in how embodied processes support learning, creativity and artistic development. In her practice, the classroom is turned into a laboratory where students can explore ideas and visions, as well as strategies, methods, communication and collaboration in creative teams.

If you are curious to learn more about this project, feel free to visit this website:  https://www.inn.no/english/research/research-projects/Role-playing-for-documentarists/ 

Nyseter is also an active member of the national MishMash Centre for AI and Creativity and is affiliated with Work Package 2 (WP2), which focuses on AI in artistic processes: https://mishmash.no/wp2/ 

From 2005 to 2016, Mette worked in documentary and factual TV production for major Norwegian production companies and broadcasters, in roles such as director, cinematographer, editor and journalist. She holds degrees in Directing for Documentaries from the University of Inland Norway and in Social Anthropology from the University of Oslo.