Lasse Hallström

Lasse Hallström
Born	Lars Sven Hallström 2 June 1946 (1946-06-02) (age 65) Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1973–present
Spouse	Malou Hallström (1974–1981) (divorced) Lena Olin (18 March 1994–present)

Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström (born 2 June 1946) is a Swedish film director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) (1985) and later for The Cider House Rules (1999).

Life and career

Hallström was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His father was a dentist^[1] and his mother was the Swedish writer Karin Lyberg (1907–2000). His maternal grandfather, Ernst Lyberg, was the Swedish Minister of Finance in the first cabinet of Carl Gustaf Ekman (1926–1928) and leader of the Liberal Party of Sweden (1930–1933).

Hallström learned his craft making music videos, in particular for the group ABBA. Since the international success of My Life as a Dog (1985), for which he was nominated for Academy Awards for writing and directing, Hallström has worked in American movies. His first notable American success was What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). He reached his greatest level of prominence when he was nominated for an Academy Award for best director for the critically acclaimed movie The Cider House Rules (1999) and then later directed the well-received film Chocolat (2000), both which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Hallström has two children, Johan (b. 1976) from his first marriage to Malou Hallström (died 3 February 2005) and Tora (b. 1995) by actress Lena Olin, his current wife.

Videography

Almost all of ABBA's promotional films were directed and shot by Hallström, with the only (seven total) exceptions being "When I Kissed the Teacher" (1977); "Chiquitita" (1979), which was made by the BBC; "I Have a Dream" (1979); "On and On and On" (1980); "Lay All Your Love On Me" (1981); "The Day Before You Came (1982)" and "Under Attack" (1983), which were both directed by Kjell Sundvall and Kjell-Åke Andersson. In 1999, Hallström directed the music video for Northern Line's debut single "Run for Your life".

Music videos

(The following is a complete list of all the ABBA music videos that were directed by Lasse Hallström.)

• 1974 – "Waterloo"
• 1974 – "Ring Ring"
• 1974 – "Mamma Mia"
• 1975 – "SOS"
• 1975 – "Bang-A-Boomerang"
• 1975 – "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
• 1976 – "Fernando"
• 1976 – "Dancing Queen"
• 1976 – "Money, Money, Money"
• 1977 – "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
• 1977 – "That's Me"
• 1977 – "The Name of the Game"
• 1978 – "Take a Chance on Me"
• 1978 – "Eagle"
• 1978 – "One Man, One Woman"
• 1978 – "Thank You for the Music"
• 1978 – "Summer Night City"
• 1979 – "Does Your Mother Know"
• 1979 – "Voulez-Vous"
• 1979 – "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
• 1980 – "The Winner Takes It All"
• 1980 – "Super Trouper"
• 1980 – "Happy New Year"
• 1981 – "When All Is Said and Done"
• 1981 – "One of Us"
• 1982 – "Head Over Heels"

Filmography

• 1973 – Ska vi gå hem till dej eller till mej eller var och en till sitt? (Shall We Go to My Place or Your Place or Each Go Home Alone?)
• 1975 – A Guy and a Gal (En kille och en tjej)
• 1977 – Abba: The Movie
• 1979 – Father to Be (Jag är med barn)
• 1981 – Tuppen (The Rooster)
• 1981 – Gyllene Tider – Parkliv (Gyllene Tider – Tourlife) (A tourmovie with Gyllene Tider, Per Gessle's band before Roxette)
• 1983 – Två killar och en tjej (Two Guys and a Gal)
• 1985 – My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund)
• 1986 – Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn (All us children in Bullerby)
• 1987 – Mer om oss barn i Bullerbyn (More about all us children in Bullerby)
• 1991 – Once Around
• 1993 – What's Eating Gilbert Grape
• 1995 – Something to Talk About
• 1999 – The Cider House Rules
• 2000 – Chocolat
• 2001 – The Shipping News
• 2005 – An Unfinished Life
• 2005 – Casanova
• 2007 – The Hoax
• 2009 – Hachiko: A Dog's Story
• 2010 – Dear John
• 2011 – Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

See also

• ABBA discography

References

1. ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/72/Lasse-Hallstroem.html

External links

• Lasse Hallström at the Internet Movie Database
• Lasse Hallström at the Swedish Film Database

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Name	Hallstrom, Lasse
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Date of birth	2 June 1946
Place of birth	Stockholm, Sweden
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