Göran Hugo Olsson

Göran Hugo Olsson
Olsson in 2014
Born20 September 1965 (1965-09-20) (age 60)
Lund, Sweden
OccupationFilm director

Göran Hugo Wilhelm Olsson (born 20 September 1965) is a Swedish film director, documentarist and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in Lund, Olsson studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm.[1] He started his career working for Sveriges Television as a documentarist.[2] He made his film debut in 1998 with Fuck You, Fuck You Very Much.[1]

Olsson's 2011 documentary film The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 premiered at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and was later screened at the 27th Sundance Film Festival.[3][4][5] His following documentary film Concerning Violence premiered in-competition in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at 2014 Sundance Film Festival,[6] and was screened at 64th Berlin International Film Festival, in which it was awarded the Cinema Fairbindet Prize.[7] The film also won the Guldbagge Award for best documentary.[8]

In 2018, Olsson directed That Summer, a portrait of Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale featuring some 1972 lost footage by Lee Radziwill predating the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens.[9][10] The film premiered at the 68th Berlin Festival.[11] In 2024, Olsson revisited the history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict as it was covered by the Swedish national television service in his documentary film Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958–1989, which premiered out of competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.[12][13]

Selected filmography

References

  1. 1 2 "Göran Hugo Olsson". Story.se. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  2. ↑ Körber, Lill-Ann, ed. (27 September 2019). ""There is no Elsewhere!": Stories of Race, Decolonization, and Global Connectivity in Göran Hugo Olsson's Documentaries". Nordic Film Cultures and Cinemas of Elsewhere. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 169–181. ISBN 978-1-4744-3808-7.
  3. ↑ Barker, Andrew (30 January 2011). "The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975". Variety. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  4. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (22 January 2014). "Berlinale Lines Up 10 World Premieres for Panorama Dokumente Section". Variety. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  5. ↑ Greenberg, James (6 February 2011). "The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975: Sundance Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  6. ↑ Staff (16 January 2014). "Concerning Violence". Filmmaker. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "64th Berlin Film Fest: List of official and independent juries' awards - Film - Arts & Culture". Al-Ahram. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  8. ↑ Rossing Jensen, Jorn (27 January 2015). "A record win for Östlund and a fresh prize for Ullmann at the Guldbagges". Cineuropa. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  9. ↑ Ide, Wendy (3 June 2018). "That Summer review – Grey Gardens just keeps on giving". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  10. ↑ Kenny, Glenn (17 May 2018). "Review: 'That Summer' Sheds Light on the Beales Before 'Grey Gardens'". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  11. ↑ Vlessing, Etan (16 February 2018). "Berlin: Sundance Selects Takes Documentary 'That Summer' for U.S." The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  12. ↑ Abbatescianni, Davide (30 August 2024). "Review: Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989". Cineuropa. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  13. ↑ Ide, Wendy. "'Israel Palestine On Swedish TV 1958-1989': Tokyo Review". Screen International. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
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