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Göran Hugo Olsson
Olsson in 2014
Born20 September 1965 (1965-09-20) (age 59)
Lund, Sweden
OccupationFilm director

Göran Hugo Wilhelm Olsson (born 20 September 1965) is a Swedish film director, documentarist and screenwriter.

Life and career

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Born in Lund, Olsson studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm.[1] He started his career working for Sveriges Television as a documentarist.[2] He made his film debut in 1998 with Fuck You, Fuck You Very Much.[1]

Olsson's 2011 documentary film The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 premiered at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and was later screened at the 27th Sundance Film Festival.[3][4][5] His following documentary film Concerning Violence premiered in-competition in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at 2014 Sundance Film Festival,[6] and was screened at 64th Berlin International Film Festival, in which it was awarded the Cinema Fairbindet Prize.[7] The film also won the Guldbagge Award for best documentary.[8]

In 2018, Olsson directed That Summer, a portrait of Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale featuring some 1972 lost footage by Lee Radziwill predating the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens.[9][10] The film premiered at the 68th Berlin Festival.[11] In 2024, Olsson's documentary film Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989 premiered out of competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.[12][13]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Göran Hugo Olsson". Story.se. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  2. ^ Körber, Lill-Ann, ed. (27 September 2019). ""There is no Elsewhere!": Stories of Race, Decolonization, and Global Connectivity in Göran Hugo Olsson's Documentaries". Nordic Film Cultures and Cinemas of Elsewhere. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 169–181. ISBN 978-1-4744-3808-7.
  3. ^ Barker, Andrew (30 January 2011). "The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975". Variety. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  4. ^ Barraclough, Leo (22 January 2014). "Berlinale Lines Up 10 World Premieres for Panorama Dokumente Section". Variety. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  5. ^ Greenberg, James (6 February 2011). "The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975: Sundance Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  6. ^ Staff (16 January 2014). "Concerning Violence". Filmmaker. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  7. ^ "64th Berlin Film Fest: List of official and independent juries' awards - Film - Arts & Culture". Al-Ahram. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  8. ^ Rossing Jensen, Jorn (27 January 2015). "A record win for Östlund and a fresh prize for Ullmann at the Guldbagges". Cineuropa. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  9. ^ Ide, Wendy (3 June 2018). "That Summer review – Grey Gardens just keeps on giving". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  10. ^ Kenny, Glenn (17 May 2018). "Review: 'That Summer' Sheds Light on the Beales Before 'Grey Gardens'". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  11. ^ Vlessing, Etan (16 February 2018). "Berlin: Sundance Selects Takes Documentary 'That Summer' for U.S." The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  12. ^ Abbatescianni, Davide (30 August 2024). "Review: Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989". Cineuropa. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  13. ^ Ide, Wendy. "'Israel Palestine On Swedish TV 1958-1989': Tokyo Review". Screen International. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
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