Göran Strindberg
Göran Strindberg (born January 15, 1917 in Stockholm , † March 13, 1991 there ) was a Swedish cameraman .
Life
Strindberg, a relative of the famous playwright August Strindberg , received an education in photography at the age of 14. From 1937 he worked as a camera assistant in various films.
In 1939 he became a simple cameraman, in 1941 chief cameraman. In the second half of the 1940s he was involved in several early works by Ingmar Bergman . In 1950, he turned the film version of August Strindberg's drama Miss Julie , directed by Alf Sjoberg , shortly after the because of a nude scene from Ulla Jacobsson as scandalous film classified One Summer of Happiness .
From 1954 Strindberg worked mostly in Germany, where he was mainly used in literary adaptations. Maria Schell , Heinz Rühmann and Ruth Leuwerik were among the main actors. In 1955 he received the silver film tape in the category Best Cinematography for Lord of Life and Death and The Rats .
In 1961, while filming the Simmel adaptation It doesn't always have to be caviar, a wall fell on him with OW Fischer , so that he had to be replaced by Friedl Behn-Grund due to his injury . Strindberg returned to Sweden and worked for television and from 1964 for the Swedish Film Institute.
Filmography (selection)
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Individual evidence
- ↑ According to Kay Less : The large personal dictionary of the film and filmportal.de he was a grandson of August Strindberg, according to IMDb August Strindberg was a cousin of his grandfather.
Web links
- Göran Strindberg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography with photos at filmportal.de
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| SURNAME | Strindberg, Göran |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 1991 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |