Mats Helge
Encyclopedia
Mats Helge, also known as Mats-Helge Olsson (born 10 May 1953) is a Swedish
independent filmmaker, best known for movies such as The Ninja Mission
(1984), and he is one of the most productive independent Swedish directors ever, with almost 100 titles to his résumé. He began his career with movies in the 1970s with movies the press called "lingonwesterns".
He also directed "I Död mans spår", with Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt
and a couple of six-shooters, shot in High Chaparral in Småland
, Sweden. Then he made candid camera with Per Oscarsson
in Lidköping
, and The Ninja Mission
.
Then he went on to make a few movies with the American actor David Carradine
, and action-movies like Blood Tracks
, Eagle Island, Spökligan, SilverHawk, The Hired Gun, Animal Protector, The Forgotten Wells, The Mad Bunch, Fatal Secret, The Russian Terminator, Babysitter and the short-lived Robert Aschberg
-series Nordexpressen.
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....
independent filmmaker, best known for movies such as The Ninja Mission
The Ninja Mission
The Ninja Mission is a Swedish action film directed by Mats Helge and starring Krzysztof Kolberger. It is the highest grossing Swedish film of all time despite its low quality....
(1984), and he is one of the most productive independent Swedish directors ever, with almost 100 titles to his résumé. He began his career with movies in the 1970s with movies the press called "lingonwesterns".
He also directed "I Död mans spår", with Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt was a Swedish actor. He grew up in Kungsholmen in Stockholm, where there now is a street named after him....
and a couple of six-shooters, shot in High Chaparral in Småland
Småland
' is a historical province in southern Sweden.Småland borders Blekinge, Scania or Skåne, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means Small Lands. . The latinized form Smolandia has been used in other languages...
, Sweden. Then he made candid camera with Per Oscarsson
Per Oscarsson
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in Lidköping
Lidköping
Lidköping is a locality and the seat of Lidköping Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 27,941 inhabitants in 2005.It is neatly situated on the southern shore of Lake Vänern and sometimes refers to itself as "Lidköping by Vänern", possibly to distinguish itself from Linköping near...
, and The Ninja Mission
The Ninja Mission
The Ninja Mission is a Swedish action film directed by Mats Helge and starring Krzysztof Kolberger. It is the highest grossing Swedish film of all time despite its low quality....
.
Then he went on to make a few movies with the American actor David Carradine
David Carradine
David Carradine was an American actor and martial artist, best known for his role as a warrior monk, Kwai Chang Caine, in the 1970s television series, Kung Fu, which later had a 1990s sequel series, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues...
, and action-movies like Blood Tracks
Blood Tracks
Blood Tracks is a crime novel by the American writer Karen Rose Cercone set in 1905 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.It tells the story of detective Milo Kachigan and his investigation of a murder of an engineer for the Westinghouse Air Brake Company....
, Eagle Island, Spökligan, SilverHawk, The Hired Gun, Animal Protector, The Forgotten Wells, The Mad Bunch, Fatal Secret, The Russian Terminator, Babysitter and the short-lived Robert Aschberg
Robert Aschberg
Robert Aschberg is a Swedish journalist and TV personality on TV3. Robert is the grandson of Olof Aschberg.-External links:...
-series Nordexpressen.