Jonas Grimås (born 7 August 1958) is a Swedish film and television director, based in London since 1988. He was educated at 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, and then the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It o ...

in London. In 1988 he won the BAFTA Film Award for best short film with ''Artisten''. He was also nominated in 1995 for best short film with ''Marooned''. In 2011 he was named "Cultural Personality of the Year" by the StockholmsKultur Foundation. Grimås started out working on Swedish soap-operas, but has made a name for himself making British crime dramas. He was a regular contributor to

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’s '' Heartbeat'', having directed 30 episodes. He has also directed episodes of ''

Hamish Macbeth Hamish Macbeth is the lackadaisical police constable of the fictional Scottish Highland town of Lochdubh, in a series of murder mystery novels created by M. C. Beaton (Marion Chesney). Considered by many to be a useless, lazy moocher, Macbeth ...

'', '' Silent Witness'', and '' Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind'' starring Clive Owen. While based in London he has also taken on Swedish projects, directing two episodes of the TV series '' Wallander'', and the adaptations of two

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novels ''Predikanten'' (" The Preacher") and ''Isprinsessan'' (" The Ice Princess"). Grimås is at present working on a motion picture about the

von Sydow Murders The von Sydow murders, one of Sweden's most notorious criminal cases, occurred on 7 March 1932 in Stockholm. Events On the night of 7 March 1932, Swedish politician Hjalmar von Sydow, his cook Karoline Herou, and his maid Ebba Hamn were ...

(The von Sydow Murder Mystery).

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