Isabella Eklöf (born 10 February 1978) is a Swedish screenwriter and film director.
Eklöf attended the
National Film School of Denmark.
She served on the crew as a "runner" for the 2008 Swedish film ''
Let the Right One In''.
Eklöf co-wrote the 2018 Swedish film ''
Border'' with director
Ali Abbasi; together they expanded on the source material, a short story by
John Ajvide Lindqvist.
For ''Border'', Eklöf, Abbasi and Lindqvist were nominated for the
Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay;
they were also nominated for the
European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
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.
She also wrote and directed the 2018 Danish film ''
Holiday
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'', for which she won the New Wave Best Picture and New Wave Best Director awards at the
Fantastic Fest in
Austin, Texas;
''Holiday'' went on to win four
Bodil Awards, including
Best Danish Film.
Awards and nominations
References
External link
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1978 births
Living people
Swedish screenwriters
Swedish film directors
Swedish women film directors
Swedish women screenwriters
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