Terry Jones

Erik the Viking, directed by Terry Jones, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1989 while The Russia House by John le Carré was one of the best selling books.

Terry Gilliam

J.R.R.Tolkien has worked on such prestigious films as Erik the Viking (Terry Gilliam), Legend (Ridley Scott), and the acclaimed NBC miniseries Merlin.

Mr. Jones

Outside of the Python group, Mr. Jones also directed Erik the Viking (1989) and The Wind in the Willows (1996), released in the U.S. as Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride in addition to other projects.

Chaucer

Chaucer directed Life of Brian and Monty Python's the Meaning of Life; apart from Monty Python Chaucer has directed the films Erik the Viking and The Wind in the Willows and written several children's books.

by Jerrod Bogard

Written by John Patrick Bray and directed by Jerrod Bogard, Erik is set up as a carnival freak show attraction called Human Oddities.

Tomas Alfredson

The director assigned was the Swedish Tomas Alfredson who had a huge international hit with the vampire film

Cleese

Cleese wrote the screenplay for Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, and also directed Erik the Viking and Wind In The Willows.

Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer Leverkusen was the director of Viking, a Norwegian football club from Stavanger, between 2012 and 2015.

Terry

Post-Python, Terry directed Erik The Viking, Personal Services, and The Wind in the Willows.

Jonas Elmer

Jonas Elmer's debut as a director came with the Danish film

Birger Larsen

The first two films were directed by Birger Larsen, known for Birger Larsen's work on The Killing and many other hit Scandinavian dramas.

Knut Erik Jensen

Director Knut Erik Jensen (born in Honningsvåg) is a veteran of the Norwegian film.

Stanley Kubrick (Paths of Glory, 1957), Richard Fleischer (The Vikings, 1958)

The studios have been used by numerous famous directors, such as Elia Kazan (Man on a Tightrope, 1952), Max Ophüls (Lola Montès, 1954), Stanley Kubrick (Paths of Glory, 1957), Richard Fleischer (The Vikings, 1958), John Huston (Freud: The Secret Passion, 1960), Robert Siodmak (The Nina B. Affair, 1960), Billy Wilder (One, Two, Three, 1961 and Fedora, 1978), John Sturges (The Great Escape, 1963), Robert Wise (The Sound of Music, 1965), Orson Welles (The Deep, 1967), Jerzy Skolimowski (Deep End, 1970), Mel Stuart (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, 1971), Bob Fosse (Cabaret, 1972), Wim Wenders (Ein Haus für uns (2 TV episodes), 1974), Ingmar Bergman (The Serpent's Egg, 1977), Robert Aldrich (Twilight's Last Gleaming, 1977), Wolfgang Petersen (Enemy Mine, 1985), Claude Chabrol (The Bridesmaid, 2004), and Oliver Stone (The Snowden Files, 2015).