Arne Sucksdorff
Arne Sucksdorff ( pronunciation : [ ˌɑːɳə ˈsɵkːsdɔrf ], * February 3, 1917 in Stockholm ; † May 4, 2001 ibid) was a Swedish photographer, documentary filmmaker , director and screenwriter.
life and work
Sucksdorff studied photography in Berlin and received several prizes in competitions after completing his training. In 1938 he switched to film. In 1948 he was the first Swedish director to win an Oscar with his documentary " People in the City " ( Människor i stad ) . His first full-length documentary "The Great Adventure" ( Det stora aventyret ), released in 1953, received the silver medal at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1954 and was nominated for the Palme d'Or in Cannes that same year . Around 1965 he moved to Brazil for some time and made several successful films there. For his film Mitt hem är Cobacabana from the same year, Sucksdorff received a Guldbagge .
As the author and photographer of the children's book "The Magnifying Glass" published by Verlag Oetinger (Hamburg) in 1976, he tells the story of a boy named Kalle in large-format pictures and macro shots, who uses a magnifying glass to learn a lot about animals and plants in the forest and on the meadow.
Web links
- Arne Sucksdorff in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sucksdorff, Arne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish photographer, director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 2001 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |