Jan Trygve Røyneland (b. 4. June 1981) graduated from the Norwegian Film School in 2010. Since then he has written on several TV series and feature films. He has won several pitching contests both at Kosmorama Film Festival and MoviesOnWar where he won in 2011 with Ultimatum (2016). Ultimatum (2016) became in 2016 the highest grossing film in Norway and went on to be shortlisted in the Foreign Language category at the Academy Awards. He resides in Oslo, Norway.