Mikel Cee Karlsson (born 15 August 1977) is a Swedish film director. He has directed three feature-length documentaries as well as numerous music videos for artists like

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and

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. Mikel is known for his darkly absurd and often disturbing imagery.

Biography

Mikel Cee Karlsson was born in 1977, in

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, Sweden. Mikel graduated from the School of Photography and Film, Gothenburg University in 2005. In addition to his three feature-length documentaries, he has directed numerous music videos for artists like

, José González,

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and

. Since 2007, Mikel is a part of the highly acclaimed Swedish production company ''Plattform Produktion'' (

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2008, Play 2011,

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2014, The Square 2017). His award-winning first feature-length documentary '' Greetings From The Woods'' had its international premiere in competition in

Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, sh ...

, 2009. His second documentary ''The Extraordinary Ordinary Life of José González'' premiered in competition at the 2010 edition of

Göteborg International Film Festival Göteborg Film Festival (GFF), formerly Göteborg International Film Festival (GIFF), known in English as the Gothenburg Film Festival, formerly Gothenburg International Film Festival, is an annual film festival in Gothenburg, Sweden and the la ...

and was also selected for

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in 2011. Cee Karlsson third feature length documentary ''Fraemling'' premiered in competition at CPH:DOX 2019, nominated in the DOX:Awards category.
CPH:DOX

Filmography

References

External links

Official site - Mikel Cee Karlsson

Plattform Produktion

Doc Alliance - Greetings from the woods (Online Documentary Cinema)
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