Rune Ericson

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Rune Ericson (born May 29, 1924 in Stockholm , Sweden ; † February 4, 2015 in Thailand ) was a Swedish cameraman and inventor of the Super 16 technology with occasional excursions to directing a documentary.

Life

Ericson, one of the leading image designers in his country since the mid-1960s, received his training in photography and camera technology in the late phase of the Second World War , was responsible for shooting a short film as early as 1944 and at the end of the war began his work initially as a still photographer and second cameraman for the children's film Die Children from Wildbachfelsen (Barnen från Frostmofjället) under the direction of Sven Nykvist , who has just become head cameraman . Just two years later, Rune Ericson was promoted to chief cameraman himself.

Until the 1960s, he mostly had to deal with the photography of secondary filmed entertainment content, then Ericson worked regularly with renowned directors such as Mai Zetterling , Jörn Donner , Vilgot Sjöman , Jarl Kulle and with the Americans Susan Sontag and Jerry Lewis in whose mysterious concentration camp drama The Day the Clown Cried he was also behind the camera. Occasionally, assignments also took him to Germany: in 1955 he worked as a simple cameraman under Göran Strindberg's chief camera in the German-Swedish joint production Schwedenmädel as well as behind the camera in 1972 in the 1972 Munich Olympic film - 8 famous directors watch the XX games . Olympics . However, he celebrated his greatest successes with films suitable for children and young people such as Ronja the Robber's Daughter , which were often based on models by Astrid Lindgren .

Rune Ericson has also photographed and directed a number of documentaries; his 1962 work on the painter Hagalund earned him the nomination for the Golden Bear at the 1964 Berlinale . He has also distinguished himself as an accomplished camera technician and inventor of the super 16 mm technology. For this achievement he was awarded a technology Oscar in 2002.

Ericson has also excelled artistically in other areas: as a guitarist, pianist, singer and painter of oil paintings.

Rune Ericson died while on vacation in Thailand.

Filmography

as a cameraman unless otherwise stated

  • 1944: Med älven mot havet (short film)
  • 1947: Master detective Kalle Blomquist ( master detective Blomkvist)
  • 1947: Det vänliga fjället
  • 1948: Robinson i Roslagen
  • 1948: Skarpsill går till!
  • 1950: Södrans revy
  • 1951: Starkare changes
  • 1951: Tini-Kling (also editing)
  • 1952: Döderhultarn
  • 1952: When love awakens (Klasskamrater)
  • 1952: All happiness on earth (All jorden fröjd)
  • 1952: The fruits of love (Ogift fader sökes)
  • 1953: I Mau-Mau land (documentary film direction only)
  • 1954: En natt på Glimmingehus
  • 1954: Flicka utan namn
  • 1955: Sol över Chaggaland (only documentary film direction and editing)
  • 1955: Farligt Löfte
  • 1955: The new one (Flickan i rains)
  • 1955: the right to love (rats att älska)
  • 1956: Finnskogens folk
  • 1956: Moln over Hellesta
  • 1956: Johan på Snippen
  • 1957: Sjutton år
  • 1957: Som man bäddar ...
  • 1958: Vi på Väddö
  • 1959: Trelleborg porten mot continents (documentary)
  • 1959: Vänner på vägen (documentary film)
  • 1960: Vikingabygd i jetåldern (documentary)
  • 1960: angels - do they exist? (Änglar, finns dom?)
  • 1962: The painter OO Hagalund (Olle Olsson-Hagalund ) (documentary director and screenplay only)
  • 1963: Kurragömma
  • 1963: En vacker dag ...
  • 1964: Dear John (Kare John)
  • 1964: The Swedish Wedding Night (Bröllopsbesvär)
  • 1965: Festivitetssalongen
  • 1965: Sotaren (documentary)
  • 1966: Secret Games (Nattlek)
  • 1966: Tväralk
  • 1967: Stimulantia
  • 1967: Le viol
  • 1968: Doctor Glas
  • 1968: The Girls (Flickorna)
  • 1968: Bokhandlaren som slutade bada (also film role)
  • 1970: ministers
  • 1970: Twins (Bröder Carl)
  • 1970: Lucky shit (Lyckliga skitar)
  • 1971: Troll
  • 1972: The Day the Clown Cried
  • 1972: Munich 1972 - 8 famous directors watch the games of the XX. Olympics
  • 1973: Provfilm Fuji negative (industrial short film)
  • 1974: Vita nejlikan
  • 1974: Lejonet och Jungfrun
  • 1974: Kom till Casino
  • 1976: The Lionheart Brothers (Bröderna Lejonhjärta)
  • 1978: Charlotte Löwensköld
  • 1979: Jag är Maria
  • 1980: The Children of the Blue Mountains (Barna från Blåjöfjället)
  • 1980: Från och med Mr. Gunnar Papphammar
  • 1980: Men som blev military
  • 1981: Rasmus and the vagabond (Rasmus på luffen)
  • 1984: Ronja (Ronja Rövadottar)
  • 1986: Amorosa
  • 1987: Mälar pirate
  • 1988: SOS - en segelsällskapsresa
  • 1991: The ofrivillige golfaren

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 577.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to The Swedish Film Database, IMDb incorrectly mentions February 6th
  2. ^ Documentary film The Clown on tagesschau.de
  3. ↑ Obituary on expressen.se
personal data
SURNAME Ericson, rune
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish cameraman, inventor, editor and documentary film director
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH 4th February 2015
Place of death Thailand