Björn Lennart Runge is a
Swedish
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director and author. He was nominated for
The Nordic Council Film Prize
The Nordic Council Film Prize is an annual film prize administered by the Nordic Council. The Nordisk Film & TV Fond is the funding body that administers the prize.
History
The first award was handed out in 2002 to celebrate the Nordic Council's 5 ...
in 2006 for ''Mun mot mun''.
Runge was born in
Lysekil. He has worked in film since he was 20 and with
Roy Andersson, amongst others. He graduated from the
Dramatiska Institutet
The Swedish Institute of Dramatic Art ( sv, Dramatiska Institutet, DI), also called the University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre was a Swedish university college in Stockholm that provided education programs about activities sur ...
in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
in 1989.
In 1991, he worked on the prizewinning short film ''Greger Olsson köper en bil'', and in 2004, he won a
Guldbagge Award
The Guldbagge Awards ( sv, Guldbaggen, en, Gold scarab) is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the nam ...
for the best directing and script for the film ''Om jag 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.
In 2017, Runge directed the drama film, ''
The Wife'' starring Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Annie Starke and Max Irons. For this role, Close won a
Golden Globe, a
SAG Award
Screen Actors Guild Awards (also known as SAG Awards) are accolades given by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). The award was founded in 1952 to recognize outstanding performances in movie an ...
, and the Santa Barbara Int Film festival award for Best Leading Actress in 2018, among others.
In June 2019, Runge was awarded H.M the King's Medal 8th size for "significant contributions as a director and dramatist".
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 Olsson 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'' (Daybreak) 2003
*''
Mun mot mun'' 2005
*''Happy End'' 2011
*''
The Wife'' 2017
External links
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Living people
People from Lysekil Municipality
Swedish film directors
Best Director Guldbagge Award winners
Best Screenplay Guldbagge Award winners
Dramatiska Institutet alumni
1961 births
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