The following year, he composed all the music for the Norwegian partisipant for the Oscar Award Tatt av kvinnen, directed by Petter Næss.
Næss is best known for his work directing two of the three films about Ingvar Ambjørnsen's Elling character, Elling (2000), which was nominated for the foreign language film Oscar and Elsk meg i morgen (Love Me Tomorrow), (2005), in addition to Just Bea (2003), Mozart and the Whale (2005) and Hoppet (The Jump, 2007) in Sweden.
Arne Næss | Petter Solberg | Johan Petter Johansson | Petter Stordalen | Petter Adolf Karsten | Nils Petter Molvær | W.E.W. Petter | Hans Petter Moland | W.E.W. "Teddy" Petter | Ståle Petter Lyngstadaas | Petter Wettre | Petter Pilgaard | Petter Olsen | Petter Næss | Petter Hugsted | Paul Petter Waldenström | Charles Petter | Bente Haukland Næss | Arne Næss, Jr. |