Björn Lennart Runge born 21 June 1961 in Lysekil

Lysekil

Lysekil is a locality and the seat of Lysekil Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 7,568 inhabitants in 2005.The picturesque coastal town of Lysekil is a major tourist destination during the Swedish summer period from June to the end of August.Lysekil is known as originator of the...

 is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 director and author. He was nominated for The Nordic Council Film Prize

The Nordic Council Film Prize

The Nordic Council Film Prize is an annual film prize administered by the Nordic Council. The first award was handed outin 2002 to celebrate the Nordic Council's 50th anniversary. Since 2005 the prize has been annual. One winner is chosen from submissions from the five Nordic countries. In 2008,...

 in 2006 for "Mun mot mun".

Björn Runge has worked in film since he was 20, and has worked with Roy Andersson

Roy Andersson

Roy Andersson is a Swedish film director, best known for his films A Swedish Love Story and Songs from the Second Floor. More than any other, Songs from the Second Floor succeeded in cementing his personal style — a style characterized by long takes, absurdist comedy, stiff caricaturing of...

, amongst others. He graduated from the Dramatiska Institutet

Dramatiska Institutet

Dramatiska Institutet or University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre is a Swedish university college in Stockholm that provides education programs about activities surrounding film, radio, television, and theater. It was founded in 1970 by the Swedish government...

 in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

 in 1989.

In 1991, he worked on the prize winning short film "Greger Olsson kjøper en bil", and in 1993, he won a Guldbagge for the best directing and script for the film "Om jäg vänder mig om". The film also won a Blue Angel at the Berlin Film Festival in the same year.

In 2006, he was nominated for The Nordic Council Film Prize for Mun mot mun with the producer Clas Gunnarson. The film deals with a family in crisis when their daughter, Vera, comes home with Morgan, an old criminal. Her father, Mats, fights desperately to win his daughter back.

Runge has directed a number of short films and TV productions.

Filmography

• Festen, co-directed Lena Koppel 1984
• Skymningsjägare 1985
• Steward Gustafssons julafton 1985
• Brasiliens röda kaffebär 1986
• Intill den nya världens kust 1987
• Maskinen 1988
• Mördaren 1989
• Vinden 1989
• Vart skall jag fly för ditt ansikte, co-director Jimmy Karlsson 1989
• Morgonen 1990
• Greger Olssons köper en bil 1990
• Ögonblickets barn 1991
• En dag på stranden 1994
• Sverige in Memorian, co-director Lena Dahlberg 1994
• Harry & Sonja 1996
• Vulkanmannen 1997
• Raymond 1999
• Anderssons älskarinna (TV series) 2001
• Om jag vänder mig om 2003
• Mun mot mun 2005

External links

• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750275/