Axel Danielson is a Swedish film director and producer.
Life and career
Danielson was born in
Vittskövle
Vittskövle is a locality situated in Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden
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, Sweden. He worked as a firefighter in
Kristianstad
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for three years before film studies at the
Valand Academy
Valand Academy () is a school for film, photography, literary composition, and fine art at the University of Gothenburg in Gothenburg, Sweden.
It was formed in 2012 through the merger of three formerly independent schools/departments at the ...
in
Gothenburg
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.
[ In 2012 he founded the master program Cinematic Processes at the Valand Academy. His graduation film was ''Summer Clouds'' ''(Sommarlek)'', which won an award at the ]Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (BNFF), or PÖFF (Pimedate Ööde filmifestival), is an annual film festival held since 1997 in Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia. PÖFF is one of the largest film festivals in Northern Europe. In 2014, it was ...
. He is the co-owner of the production company Plattform Produktion.
Danielson's first feature documentary film ''Twin Brothers - 53 Scenes in Chronological Order'' ''(Pangpangbröder)'', premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2011. In 2016, he co-directed ''Ten Meter Tower'' ''(Hopptornet)'', along with Maximilien Van Aertryck, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival (), usually called the Berlinale (), is an annual film festival held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of Europ ...
and was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short film
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. In 2023, he co-directed ''And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine'', together with his long-term collaborator Maximilien Van Aertryck, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival
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The festival has acted ...
.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Living people
Swedish documentary film directors
1976 births
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Swedish film producers
People from Vittskövle
Valand School of Fine Arts alumni