Katerina Faragó (16 December 1936 – 26 November 2024) was a Swedish film producer. She was a member of the jury at the

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Life and career

Katinka Faragó, of

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origin, came to Sweden in 1940 after her family fled Hungary and then Austria. Her father, the writer Alexander Faragó, who wrote screenplays for a number of Swedish films, sometimes took her along on film shoots. This led to her being scripted at the age of 17 for the film adaptation of

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's ''

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'' (1953). A few years later, she started working with

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. This collaboration lasted 30 years; Faragó worked with Bergman on 19 film productions. Faragó was employed as a scriptwriter at

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from 1955 to 1965. She then worked as a freelance scriptwriter for a decade before becoming a production manager. For seven years she was production manager at Bergman's film company Cinematograph and was then appointed production manager and producer at the

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(1985-1990). From 1990 to 2002 she was a producer at Sandrews. Faragó married Raymond Lundberg in 1963, and in 1984 she married television producer Måns Reuterswärd. She had two daughters from her first marriage. Faragó died on 26 November 2024, at the age of 87.https://www.expressen.se/noje/filmprocenten-katinka-farago-dod/

Selected filmography

* ''

Fanny and Alexander ''Fanny and Alexander'' () is a 1982 Historical drama, period drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The plot focuses on two siblings and their large family in Uppsala, Sweden during the first decade of the twentieth century. Follow ...

'' (1982) * '' The Blessed Ones'' (1986) * '' Katinka'' (1988) * ''

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'' (1989) * '' Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg'' (1990) * '' Friends, Comrades'' (1991) * ''

Önskas ''Önskas'' is a 1991 Swedish comedy film directed by Lars Johansson. Rolf Lassgård was nominated for the award for Best Actor in a leading role at the 27th Guldbagge Awards. Cast * Rolf Lassgård as Bo Roine 'Bosse' Persson * Mattias Holsten ...

'' (1991) * '' Jönssonligan och den svarta diamanten'' (1992) * ''

Sunday's Children ''Sunday's Children'' () is a 1992 Swedish drama film directed by Daniel Bergman and written by Ingmar Bergman. At the 28th Guldbagge Awards the film won the award for Best Cinematography ( Tony Forsberg) and Thommy Berggren was nominated fo ...

'' (1992) * '' Sista dansen'' (1993) * ''

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'' (1997)

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* 1936 births 2024 deaths Austrian emigrants to Sweden Swedish people of Hungarian descent Swedish people of Jewish descent Swedish film producers Litteris et Artibus recipients Producers who won the Best Film Guldbagge Award {{film-producer-stub