Kristine Samuelson is a documentary filmmaker and the Edward Clark Crossett

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of Humanistic Studies at

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. Her film, ''

Life Overtakes Me ''Life Overtakes Me'' ( sv, De apatiska barnen; English: ''The Apathetic Children'') is a 2019 Swedish-American documentary film directed by Kristine Samuelson and John Haptas. The film shows how hundreds of refugee children in Sweden withdraw i ...

'' (2020), made with John Haptas, was nominated for an Oscar for best short-subject documentary, for the

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having premiered at the

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. It also received Audience Awards at the Full Frame and Chicago Critics Film Festivals.

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* Living people American documentary film directors American women film directors American women documentary filmmakers Stanford University Department of Art and Art History faculty Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-film-director-stub