Jan "Janne" Harry Halldoff (4 September 1939 – 23 July 2010) was a Swedish

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He directed 17 films between 1966 and 1982. His 1967 film titled '' Life's Just Great'' was entered into the

17th Berlin International Film Festival The 17th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 23 June – 4 July 1967. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Belgian film '' Le départ'' directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. Jury The following people were announced as being on the ju ...

. His 1968 film titled '' The Corridor'' was entered into the

6th Moscow International Film Festival The 6th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 22 July 1969. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Cuban film ''Lucía'' directed by Humberto Solás, the Italian film '' Serafino'' directed by Pietro Germi and the Soviet film ''W ...

. His 1974 film '' The Last Adventure'' won the award for Best Film at the

11th Guldbagge Awards The 11th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1974 and 1975, and took place on 13 October 1975. '' The Last Adventure'' directed by Jan Halldoff was presented with the award for Bes ...

. His 1976 film '' Buddies'' won the award for Best Director at the

12th Guldbagge Awards The 12th Guldbagge Awards ceremony, presented by the Swedish Film Institute, honored the best Swedish films of 1975 and 1976, and took place on 13 September 1976. ''Release the Prisoners to Spring'' directed by Tage Danielsson was presented with ...

Selected filmography

* '' Life's Just Great'' (1967) * '' The Corridor'' (1968) * ''

Rötmånad ''Rötmånad'' (American title: ''Dog Days'', British title: ''What Are You Doing After the Orgy?'') is a Swedish dark comedy film from 1970 directed by Jan Halldoff. In the Stockholm archipelago lives the barber Assar Gustafsson (played by Car ...

'' (1970) * '' The Last Adventure'' (1974) * '' Buddies'' (1976) * '' Father to Be'' (1979)

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* * 1939 births 2010 deaths Swedish film directors Swedish screenwriters Swedish male screenwriters Writers from Stockholm Best Director Guldbagge Award winners 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-film-director-stub