Richard Hobert

Richard Hobert, Swedish scriptwriter and director.Married to actress Lena Endre since 2000.Born in Kalmar,Sweden in 1951.Studying political science,languages and film/theatre atthe University of Lund 1970-73.Debut as a radio playwright in 1974.Writer and assistant director up to his debut as a director 1978.During the eighties he wrote and directed severeal TV-films,among them the internationallyawarded "The Twelve Months of Summer","Age Unknown" and "The Fifteenth Chieftan".

His debut on the big screen 1993,"Spring of Joy",was the first film in a cycle of seven,called "The Seven Deadly Sins".The stories were focused on the same Swedish family,ranging from comedy to drama and even thriller.He wrote,directed and co-produced the huge project during the nineties."Spring of Joy" was awarded the prestigious "The Ingmar Bergman-Prize",Bergman" with Bergman´s personalmotivation:"A masterpiece"."Spring of Joy" as well as the other films in the Cycle:"The Hands","Autumn in Paradise","Run for your life","The Eye","Where the Rainbow ends" and "The Birthday" received Scandinavianand international awards.

In 2002 "Everyone loves Alice" was a major critic´s and box office success.The film won the "Best European Film"-award at The Hollywood Film Festival.This powerful film is reminiscent in intensity and intimacy of Ingmar Bergman´s gripping1973 film Scenes from a marriage(Marilyn Moss,Hollywood Reporter)His next film,"Three Suns" ,a medieval love story,was considered a disappointment and was widelycritizised.A year later Hobert returned with "Harry´s Daughters", starring Lena Endre and Amanda Ooms.The film,about the violent conflict between two sisters after the loss of a child, was generallyreceived as one of his best films ever.

Filmography

* "Harrys´s Daughters"Harrys döttrar" (2005)
* "Three Suns"Tre solar" (2004)
* "Everyone loves Alice" "Alla älskar Alice" (2002)
* "The Birtday" "Födelsedagen" (2000)
* "Where the Rainbow ends "Där regnbågen slutar" (1999)
* "The Eye "Ögat" (1998)
* "Run for your life "Spring för livet" (1997)
* "Autumn in Paradise"Höst i paradiset - Glädjekällan 2" (1995)
* "The Hands"Händerna" (1994)
* "Spring of Joy"Glädjekällan" (1993)
* "The Fifteenth Chieftain"Den femtonde hövdingen" (TV) (1992)
* "Age Unknown"Ålder okänd" (TV) (1991)
* "The Twelve Months of Summer"Sommarens tolv månader" (TV) (1988)
* "Skånska mord - Yngsjömordet" (TV) (1986)
* "Skånska mord - Esarparen" (TV) (1986)
* "Polskan och Puckelryggen" (TV) (1983)
* "Två slår den tredje" (TV) (1981)
* "Gänget" (TV) (1978)