Svenska Filminstitutet har utsett Lars G Lindström till ny långfilmskonsulent och han efterträder Lisa Ohlin.
Lars G Lindström
Born in 1955 in northern Sweden, Lars G Lindström is first and foremost a producer whose recent films include Rocky (based on Martin Kellerman's comic strip), the award-winning To Love Someone (Den man älskar) (2007) and Babylon Disease (Babylonsjukan) (2004). Lindström has worked in the film industry for many years: back in 1989 he directed and co- wrote the screenplay for Miljonerna på fickan (1989), and his writing collaborations withÅke Sandgren include Big Men, Little Men (Små och stora män) (1995).
Lars G Lindström worked as a producer at Stockholms Stadsteater for more than fifteen years. During his time there he introduced a number of highly popular innovations, and was also a founder member of Backstage, an autonomous and experimental theatre group for young people.
In addition to film studies, Lars G Lindström gained broad experience of film in the university city of Umeå, where he started a film cooperative, edited an arts magazine and was a board member of the Umeå Film Studio.
CEO of the Swedish Film Institute, Cissi Elwin Frenkel, comments:
"Lars has a solid background, with experience not just as a producer, but also as a screenwriter and director. His prime focus is on quality, but through his work at Stockholms Stadsteater and in the films he has produced, he has demonstrated that you can reach out to large audiences with plays and films of the highest artistic merit. He has a keen feel for what is new and outstanding. Lars' boldness combined with his expertise, sound judgement, social skills and calm northern Swedish temperament are excellent qualities for a film commissioner. We are delighted to welcome him to the Swedish Film Institute."