Jan Troell

Director

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Birth Place

Sweden

Born

July 23, 1931

Biography

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A former elementary school teacher who began collaborating on films with director Bo Widerberg in the early 1960s, Troell made his own feature directing debut in 1965 and went on to become one of his country's leading filmmakers. His best-known work outside Sweden is the sweeping diptych "The Emigrants" (1972), which earned Troell a Best Director Oscar nomination, and "The New Land" (197...

Filmography

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Everlasting Moments (2008)

Sa Vit som en Sno (2001)

Their Frozen Dream (1998)

Il Capitano (1991)

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Zandy's Bride (1974) -- (Movie Clip) I Told You No Frills

Zandy's Bride (1974) -- (Movie Clip) What Else Did You Lie About?

Biography

A former elementary school teacher who began collaborating on films with director Bo Widerberg in the early 1960s, Troell made his own feature directing debut in 1965 and went on to become one of his country's leading filmmakers. His best-known work outside Sweden is the sweeping diptych "The Emigrants" (1972), which earned Troell a Best Director Oscar nomination, and "The New Land" (1973), based on novels by Vilhelm Moberg and starring Liv Ullman and Max Von Sydow. He made two US films, the disappointing "Zandy's Bride" (1973) and "Hurricane" (1979). Troell received critical acclaim for his biopic "Hamsun" (1996), about the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian author who lent support to the Nazis during WWII.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Everlasting Moments (2008)

Sa Vit som en Sno (2001)

Their Frozen Dream (1998)

Il Capitano (1991)

Sagolandet (1988)

Ingenjor Andrees Luftfard (1982)

Hurricane (1979)

Zandy's Bride (1974)

The Emigrants (1973)

Nybyggarna (1972)

Here's Your Life (1968)

Cast (Feature Film)

Ljuset Haller Mig Sallskap (2000)

Life at Any Cost (1998)

Sagolandet (1988)

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Everlasting Moments (2008)

Director Of Photography

Sa Vit som en Sno (2001)

Director Of Photography

Their Frozen Dream (1998)

Cinematographer

Cinematographer

Il Capitano (1991)

Director Of Photography

Sagolandet (1988)

Cinematographer

Here's Your Life (1968)

Director of Photography

The Baby Carriage (1962)

Director Of Photography

Writer (Feature Film)

Everlasting Moments (2008)

Sa Vit som en Sno (2001)

Their Frozen Dream (1998)

Sagolandet (1988)

Ingenjor Andrees Luftfard (1982)

Here's Your Life (1968)

Producer (Feature Film)

Il Capitano (1991)

Editing (Feature Film)

Sa Vit som en Sno (2001)

Il Capitano (1991)

Sagolandet (1988)

Ingenjor Andrees Luftfard (1982)

Here's Your Life (1968)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Ingenjor Andrees Luftfard (1982)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Everlasting Moments (2008)

Dp/Cinematographer

Sa Vit som en Sno (2001)

Dp/Cinematographer

Il Capitano (1991)

Sagolandet (1988)

Life Events

1960

Directed and photographed first short documentary film, "Stad/The Ship"

1961

Filmed several TV documentaries

1961

Cinematographer and co-director on Bo Widerberg's first short, made for TV, "Pojken och draken/A Boy and His Kite"

1963

Served as lighting cameraman on Bo Widerberg's first feature film, "Barnvagnen/The Baby Carriage"

1965

Film directing debut, "Uppehall i myrlandet/Stopover in the Marshland"

1974

Directed first American film, "Zandy's Bride"

1996

Directed biopic "Hamsun"

Videos

Zandy's Bride (1974) -- (Movie Clip) I Told You No Frills Home from riding his California coastal ranch, the day after an apparent marital night rape, Zandy (Gene Hackman) returns to his mail-order wife Hannah (Liv Ullmann), the exact time period not established, Swedish director Jan Troell reluctant to move the camera, in Zandy's Bride, 1974.

Zandy's Bride (1974) -- (Movie Clip) What Else Did You Lie About? Swedish director Jan Troell, having bitten off a big chunk of Big Sur landscape in the opening, brings rancher Zandy (Gene Hackman), into a town where he is immediately disappointed when he meets his mail-order bride (Liv Ullmann), in Zandy’s Bride, 1974.

Emigrants, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) It Looks Bad For The Harvest From the early scenes in which they play a couple younger than themselves, Liv Ullman and Max von Sydow as farmers Karl and Kristina, worrying over their prospects, in 1840's Sweden, in Jan Troell's The Emigrants, 1971.

New Land, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Nord Amerika Opening amounting to a prologue, introducing principals Max Von Sydow and Liv Ullman as Swedish immigrants Karl Oskar and Kristina, from The New Land, 1973, written, photographed and directed by Jan Troell, the sequel to his acclaimed The Emigrants, 1971.

New Land, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) We Must Buy A Cow Swedish immigrant in the Dakotas, 1850, Kristina (Liv Ullmann) has her first direct encounter with the natives, then hears disturbing news from her hard-at-work husband (Max Von Sydow), in The New Land, 1973, written, produced, directed and shot by Jan Troell.

New Land, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Out, Out Of Here! Swedish immigrant Kristina (Liv Ullmann) in the Dakota territory 1850, with her younger children, finds herself worrying about winter and the natives, in director Jan Troell’s second film from the cherished Swedish novels by Vilhelm Moberg, The New Land, 1973.

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