Max Wilén
Max Karl-Axel Wilén (born June 15, 1925 in Församling Veckholm, Uppsala län , Sweden ; † September 10, 1995 in Lidingö ) was a Swedish cameraman .
Life
Max Karl-Axel Wilén had received short-term camera training in the late phase of World War II and made his debut as chief cameraman in 1945, at the age of just 20. After that, at the beginning of the 1950s, Wilén temporarily returned to the camera assistant .
In his early years he worked sporadically with well-known directors such as Arne Mattsson and even once (on “ Nahe dem Leben ” ) with Ingmar Bergman . Since the mid-1960s photographed Wilén mostly trashy-like sex-and-crime stories such as " The Depraved " , arty generic Schwedensex strip the stamp " The Outcast " or pseudo socio-critical " educational films " like " variations of love ."
Wilén has also worked several times for television, in 1959 he was behind the camera in the US series "The Demon Street 13" made in Sweden .
Filmography
- 1945: Det var en gång ...
- 1946: Jitterbug (short film)
- 1953: Levande land (short film)
- 1954: Fager år liden (short film)
- 1954: Men in the mörker
- 1955: Så tuktas kärleken
- 1955: Hemsöborna
- 1956: Litet bo
- 1957: Tarps Elin
- 1957: Near Life ( Nära livet )
- 1958: Carter of Death ( Körkarlen )
- 1958: Prästen i Uddarbo
- 1959: Woman as desired ( Den kära leken )
- 1960: Wedding with delay ( Bröllopsdagen )
- 1960: Test hours (short film)
- 1961: Atomer till vardags (short film)
- 1961: The Adventures of Nils Holgersson ( Nils Holgerssons underbara resa )
- 1962: Det är hos mig han har varit
- 1963: Sällska saknas
- 1963: Sången om en stad (short film)
- 1964: Cigarrer - cigarillo (short film)
- 1965: Flygplan saknas
- 1965: Nattmara - The Killer of Stockholm ( Nattmara )
- 1965: The Depraved ( Morianerna )
- 1967: 'Tofflan' - en lycklig komedi
- 1968: The outcast ( Första stegen )
- 1968: Freddy bit more clearly
- 1969: Variations of love ( Ur kärlekens språk )
- 1969: Eva - den utstötta
- 1969: Hot games ( Anna och Eve - de erotiska )
- 1971: Någon att älska
- 1972: Kär-lek so gör VI. Brev till Inge och Sten (documentary film)
- 1974: Sångkamrater
literature
- FIAF (Ed.): International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film. Vol. 5, Denmark - Finland - Norway - Sweden (from the Beginnings to 1984). Munich - New York - London - Paris 1986. No. 871, p. 438
Web links
- Max Wilén in The Swedish Film Database
- Max Wilén in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilén, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wilén, Max Karl-Axel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Församling Veckholm, Uppsala län , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 1995 |
| Place of death | Lidingö |