Fredrik Gertten
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Carl Fredrik Gertten, born April 3, 1956 in Malmö
, is a Swedish film maker and journalist.
Gertten worked as a journalist for newspapers, radio and television in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe during the 1980s och 1990s. In 1995 he published the travel book Ung man söker världen (Young man looking for the World) through the publisher Gong Gong förlag. He wrote for the newspaper Arbetet from 1990 until it ceased publication in 2000 and for Kvällsposten in 2001-2003. He has also been the producer of documentaries and entertainment shows for the Swedish television channels SVT, TV 4 and TV 3
.
During 2009,Gertten has raised considerable attention with the film Bananas!*.
Malmö
Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...
, is a Swedish film maker and journalist.
Gertten worked as a journalist for newspapers, radio and television in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe during the 1980s och 1990s. In 1995 he published the travel book Ung man söker världen (Young man looking for the World) through the publisher Gong Gong förlag. He wrote for the newspaper Arbetet from 1990 until it ceased publication in 2000 and for Kvällsposten in 2001-2003. He has also been the producer of documentaries and entertainment shows for the Swedish television channels SVT, TV 4 and TV 3
TV3 (Sweden)
TV3 is a television channel targeted at a Swedish language audience owned by Viasat . It was founded on 31 December 1987 by entrepreneur Jan Stenbeck as joint Scandinavian channel, but Denmark and Norway soon got their own versions of TV3...
.
During 2009,Gertten has raised considerable attention with the film Bananas!*.
As director and producer
- 2009 - Bananas!*
- 2005 - Sossen, arkitekten och det skruvade huset (The Socialist, the Architect, and the Twisted Tower)
- 2005 - An ordinary family"
- 2003 - Bye Bye Malmö (Just a piece of steel)
- 2002 - Poesigenerale (The Poetry General)
- 2002 - Vägen tillbaka - Blådårar 2 (The way back, True blue 2)
- 2001 - Resa med Siluett (Travel with Siloutte)
- 2001 - Mordet på en tidning (The death of a working man's newspaper)
- 2000 - The great bridge] (short film)
- 2000 - Gå på vatten (Walking on water)
- 1998 - Blådårar (True Blue)
As producer
- 2008 - "Burma VJ", Anders Østergaard
- 2008 - "Final Image", Andrés Habbeger
- 2007" - "The Leftovers", Kerstin Übelacker & Michael Cavanagh
- 2006 - Milkbar, Terese Mörnvik & Ewa Einhorn
- 2006 - Thin Ice (Tunn Is), (2006) Håkan Berthas
- 2006 - Belfast Girls, Malin Andersson
- 2003 - Love Boat, short film, Anna Norberg
- 2002 - Boogie Woogie Pappa, short film, Erik Bäfving
- 1998 - Sambafotboll, Lars Westman & Fredrik Ekelund