Othman "Osmond" Karim (born 19 March 1968) is a Swedish film director, documentary producer, television presenter and photographer.
Background
Karim was born in Kampala, Uganda on March 19, 1968.
In 1975, he, his parents, and his four siblings fled
Idi Admin's regime and settled in first in
Uppsala
Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019.
Located north of the c ...
, then in
Skåne. His brother Baker is a director in his own right; brother
Alexander
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Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
and one of their sisters are actors.
He graduated from the
Brooks Institute of Photography in California with a BA with honors in Film and TV Production and worked for
Amblin Entertainment
Amblin Entertainment, Inc., formerly named Amblin Productions and Steven Spielberg Productions, is an American film production company founded by director and producer Steven Spielberg, and film producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marsha ...
before returning to Sweden.
He is married to film producer Malin Holmberg-Karim; they have four children.
Career
He hosted the Swedish news program ''Mosaik'' from 2000-2002 before leaving to focus on his directing career and production company One Tired Brother.
[ His 1999 documentary ''Uganda du Fria'' (''The Promised Land'') was met with critical acclaim; Sveriges Television submitted it to ]Prix Europa {{notability, Events, date=March 2021
PRIX EUROPA – The European Broadcasting Festival – is the Europe's largest annual tri-medial festival and competition. The event takes place in the third week of October in Berlin, Germany.
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in 2001.[ In 2006, Karim's first feature film, '' Om Sara'', won the Golden St. George Prize for Best Film at the ]28th Moscow International Film Festival
The 28th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 2 July 2006. The Golden George was awarded to the Swedish film '' About Sara'' directed by Othman Karim.
Jury
* Andrzej Żuławski (Poland – Head of the Jury)
* Alexei Uchi ...
.Kolkata International Film Festival
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.[ Danny Glover was cast in his 2010 film '' För kärleken'', which garnered a lot of interest.
He served as a member of the jury at the ]29th Moscow International Film Festival
The 29th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 21 to 30 June 2007. The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film ''Travelling with Pets'' directed by Vera Storozheva.
Jury
* Fred Schepisi (Australia – Chairman of the Jury)
* A ...
and Nordisk Panorama Film Festival in 2007.
Filmography
Awards
References
External links
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Berlinale profile
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Swedish film directors
1968 births
Living people
Swedish television journalists
Swedish people of Ugandan descent
Brooks Institute alumni