Born in 1965, Norway.  Director of Minimalen Short Film Festival in Trondheim, Norway, from 1999 to date, a festival he has programmed for since 1994. The festival had its 37th edition in January, screening 250 films over six days, with competition categories for International, Nordic, Dance film, Student, and One-minute-films.

Per Fikse has made a few shorts and contributed with articles on film published in Norwegian and international media, most prominently the peer reviewed academic journal Short Film Studies from IntellectBooks – for instance on the specificity of short fiction film.

Each year he serves in a number of film festival juries, among others Tampere Filmfestival (Finland), Uppsala Short Film Festival (Sweden), Jaffa Cinema Festival (Sri Lanka), Hamburg Intl. Short Film Festival (Germany), ect.