Arne Sucksdorff
About
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Birth Place
Sweden
Born
February 03, 1917
Died
May 04, 2001
Cause of Death
Pneumonia
Biography
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Renowned documentarian who began making short, poetic nature films in his native Sweden, progressing in the 1950s to feature-length works filmed in distant locales such as India and Brazil. Sucksdorff's command of image and mood, and his ability to lend an unobtrusive narrative quality to his studies, have invited comparisons to the work of American master Robert Flaherty. Aside from the...
Filmography
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My Home Is Copacabana
(1965)
Director
The Great Adventure
(1954)
Director
The Great Adventure
(1954)
Father
My Home Is Copacabana
(1965)
Cinematographer
The Great Adventure
(1954)
Director Of Photography
My Home Is Copacabana
(1965)
Writer
Family & Companions
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Astrid Bergman
Wife
Maria Sucksdorff
Wife
Brazilian; refused to move to Sweden with him in the 1990s; survived him.
Biography
Renowned documentarian who began making short, poetic nature films in his native Sweden, progressing in the 1950s to feature-length works filmed in distant locales such as India and Brazil. Sucksdorff's command of image and mood, and his ability to lend an unobtrusive narrative quality to his studies, have invited comparisons to the work of American master Robert Flaherty.
Aside from the restrained and beautifully photographed "The Great Adventure" (1953), Sucksdorff's later, increasingly fictionalized, features have been less successful than his shorts. He has scripted, photographed and edited all of his films.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
My Home Is Copacabana
(1965)
Director
The Great Adventure
(1954)
Director
Cast (Feature Film)
The Great Adventure
(1954)
Father
Cinematography (Feature Film)
My Home Is Copacabana
(1965)
Cinematographer
The Great Adventure
(1954)
Director Of Photography
Writer (Feature Film)
My Home Is Copacabana
(1965)
Writer
The Great Adventure
(1954)
Screenwriter
Producer (Feature Film)
The Great Adventure
(1954)
Producer
Life Events
1939
First short, "An August Rhapsody"
1953
First feature, "The Great Adventure"
1953
Settled in Brazil; directed Brazilian film school
Family
Britta Amkvist
Sister
Survived him.
Companions
Astrid Bergman
Wife
Maria Sucksdorff
Wife
Brazilian; refused to move to Sweden with him in the 1990s; survived him.
