Jörn Donner
Jörn Johan Donner (born February 5, 1933 in Helsinki ; died January 30, 2020 there ) was a Finnish-Swedish writer , film director , actor , film producer and politician .
Life
Jörn Johan Donner was a descendant of the well-known Donner family, which has produced many famous personalities in Finland. He was the son of the linguist Kai Donner , who died when Jörn Donner was barely two years old.
He was a member of various political parties, a member of the Finnish Parliament and the European Parliament .
Donner worked in Sweden for a long time and was, among other things, director of the Swedish Film Institute . Jörn Donner became known as the producer of Ingmar Bergman's masterpiece Fanny and Alexander , which won four Academy Awards in 1984 , including Best Foreign Language Film. In 1979 Donner was chairman of the Berlinale jury.
The bibliography of the texts written by Donner amounts to more than 50 works. He died in Helsinki in January 2020, a week before his 87th birthday.
Honors
- 1985 Finlandia Prize for Far och son
- 2002 Tollanderska priset
- 2004 Svenska Akademiens Finlandspris
Filmography (selection)
Script and direction
- 1963: A Sunday in September (En söndag i september)
- 1964: To love (Att älska)
- 1967: The Bride of Lapua (Lapualaismorsian) (co-script)
- 1968: Birgitta - she was 19 (Mustaa valkoisella) - also production and actor
- 1969: 69 - prelude to ecstasy (Kuusikymmentäyhdeksän) - also actor
- 1973: Memory of Love (Baksmälla) - also a performer
- 1978: How do I rape a man? (Man Kan Inte Våldtas)
- 2007: Raja 1918
production
- 1966: Pine cones under the back (Käpy selän alla)
- 1974: The earth is our sinful song (Maa on syntinen laulu)
- 1976: Unreachable near (Långt borta och Nära)
- 1982: The eagle's flight (Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd)
- 1982: Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander)
- 1983: After the rehearsal (Efter repetitions)
Director
- 1998: Ingmar Bergman - About life and work
actor
- 1983: Ice hockey fever (hockey)
Web links
- Literature by and about Jörn Donner in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Jörn Donner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Entry on Jörn Donner in the Members' database of the European Parliament
- Biography ( Memento of December 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Jörn Donner. 375 humanists. University of Helsinki Faculty of Humanities. July 28, 2015.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Donner, Jörn |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Donner, Jörn Johan (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish film producer, writer and politician, member of the Reichstag, MEP |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1933 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Helsinki |
DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 2020 |
Place of death | Helsinki |