Tonje is an award-winning director and producer who has worked with independent documentary since 1996. Her work focuses on human rights, environmental protection and social justice.
Tonje is the founder of Ground Production, a documentary production company based in Norway and the United States.
Her films include PLAY AGAIN, a documentary on the consequences of a childhood removed from nature, and INDPENDENT INTERVENTION, a film about the media coverage of the war in Iraq.
Tonje is the Festival Director of Human Rights Human Wrongs, a documentary film festival in Oslo, Norway.