Lars-Magnus Lindgren

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Lars-Magnus Lindgren , actually Lars Magnus Lindgren (born July 23, 1922 in Västerås , † November 23, 2004 in Nacka ), was a Swedish director and screenwriter .

biography

Lindgren completed an engineering degree after completing his school education. He then started to work for the Swedish company Sandrews , where he was commissioned with the production of advertising films and thus produced around 30 short films. He made his debut as a director in the film industry in 1957 with En drömmares vandring , a film adaptation of the biography of the writer Dan Andersson . For this he was then awarded the encouragement prize ( Uppmuntringspris ) by the Swedish weekly magazine Folket i Bild .

His 1964 film Lieber John ( Kare John ) was nominated for an Oscar in 1966 for Best Foreign Language Film . His other best-known works included the film Svarta palmkronor from 1968, which is based on the story of the writer Peder Sjogren from 1944. After some great successes and ups and downs in his career, he finally stopped working in film production. Lindgren wrote his last screenplay for Lejonet och jungfrun , where he also directed and in 1980 he was the last director of the television film Styv kuling .

family

Lars-Magnus Lindgren was the son of the Swedish engineer Peter Lindgren , who was also the representative and representative of the Swedish electrical engineering company Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA) in the Soviet Union . and the actor's brother Peter Lindgren and the actress' uncle Monica Nielsen .

Lars-Magnus Lindgren was married three times, first to Kerstin Lindgren (1927-2008) with whom they had two children. In his second marriage he was married to the Swedish fashion designer and model Gunilla Pontén (* 1929) with whom they had a daughter. After the divorce of this marriage, Vibeke married for the third time Lindgren (* 1936), with whom he had a son and who in turn is married to the writer Mariette Glodeck .

Filmography

Director

  • 1957: En drömmares vandring (mini television series)
  • 1961: Änglar, finns dom?
  • 1963: Kurragömma
  • 1964: Dear John ( Kare John , film)
  • 1966: Dr. Wester's last patient (Träfracken)
  • 1968: Svarta palmkronor
  • 1975: Lejonet och virgin
  • 1980: Styv kuling (tv)

Screenwriter

  • 1957: En drommares vandring
  • 1961: Änglar, finns dom?
  • 1963: Kurragömma
  • 1964: Dear John ( Kare John , film)
  • 1966: Träfracken
  • 1968: Svarta palmkronor
  • 1975: Lejonet och virgin

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sveriges Dödbok 1901–2009. DVD-ROM, version 5.00 (Swedish), 2010. Sveriges Släktforskarförbund.
  2. ↑ a b c Myggans Nöjeslexikon. 10, Bokförlaget Bra Böcker, p. 182 (Swedish).
  3. ↑ The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners ( English ) In: oscars.org . Retrieved November 6, 2011.
  4. ↑ Academy Awards, USA - Awards for 1966 Oscar. In: imdb.com. IMDb , January 1, 2001, accessed February 14, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Svarta palmkronor (1968). Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .
  6. ^ Oscar Hallberg: Vi gör vänner av varumärken . (No longer available online.) In: xverige.se. Xveriges webbplats, July 6, 2009, archived from the original on February 23, 2014 ; Retrieved February 13, 2014 (Swedish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.xverige.se
personal data
SURNAME Lindgren, Lars-Magnus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lindgren, Lars Magnus (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Västerås , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 2004
Place of death Nacka , Sweden