Magnus Gertten

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-12-06 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Limhamn, Malmö, Sweden

Magnus Gertten

Biography

Magnus Gösta Gertten (born 6 December, 1953; Limhamn, Sweden) is a Swedish documentary film director, producer and screenwriter. He is the brother of documentary filmmaker Fredrik Gertten. In his youth, Gertten was a member of the rock band Sieben Slips. He worked for several years as a television and radio journalist before turning to filmmaking in 1998. He has made a total of 15 documentaries for Swedish and international television which have been broadcast and screened at festivals in more than 60 different countries and won numerous awards. He works as a director, producer, narrative consultant and adviser for his film production compa...

Acting

1996

Progg på väg

as Interviewer

2004

Get Busy

as Interviewer

2002

A Scent of Chocolate

as Self - Interviewer

Production

1999

1998

True Blue

as Director

1998

True Blue

as Writer

2002

True Blue 2

as Director

2005

2011

Harbour of Hope

as Director

2002

2002

2008

2021

1996

Progg på väg

as Producer

2015

2014

2014

1991

Hultsfred Festival 1991

as Sound Director

2011

2004

Get Busy

as Director

2024

Nelly & Nadine

as Director

2004

Get Busy

as Producer

2002

True Blue 2

as Producer

2010

2017

The Punk Voyage

as Producer

2016

2014

2012

Bravehearts

as Producer

2014

A Thousand Pieces

as Researcher

2003

Soloists

as Director

2005

2001

2005

Rolling Like a Stone

as Additional Writing

2012

The Punk Syndrome

as Dramaturgy

2014

2004

Get Busy

as Additional Writing

2015

1999

Do Not Sing Praises

as Additional Writing

2013

In Dependence

as Producer

2014

1999

2008

2012

2015

2007

2024

Nelly & Nadine

as Producer

2003

Soloists

as Producer

2000

I stormens öga

as Producer

1998

True Blue

as Producer

2011

Harbour of Hope

as Producer

2015

2014

2002

True Blue 2

as Director of Photography

2015

Becoming Zlatan

as Director

2024

2010

Armadillo

as Co-Producer

2010

2001

2008

Ernst-Hugo

as Producer

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The Beauty of Errors

as Co-Producer

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