Tørk Haxthausen was born on October 7, 1924 in Oslo, Norway as Tørk Ove Haxthausen. He was a writer and director, known for Uuttoq - Kaali på sælfangst (1985), Hansens typehus (1963) and Vægteren (1969). He died on March 22, 2012 in Bornholm, Denmark.