Göran Hugo Wilhelm Olsson (born 20 September 1965) is a Swedish film director, documentarist and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in

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, Olsson studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in

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. He started his career working for

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as a documentarist. He made his film debut in 1998 with ''Fuck You, Fuck You Very Much''. Olsson's 2011 documentary film '' The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975'' premiered at the

61st Berlin International Film Festival The 61st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 February 2011, with actress Isabella Rossellini as the president of the jury. The Coen Brothers film ''True Grit (2010 film), True Grit'' opened the festival. 300,000 tick ...

and was later screened at the 27th Sundance Film Festival. His following documentary film '' Concerning Violence'' premiered in-competition in the ''World Cinema Documentary Competition'' at

2014 Sundance Film Festival The 2014 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 16, 2014 until January 26, 2014 in Park City, Utah, United States, with screenings in Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Utah, Ogden, and Sundance Resort in Utah. The festival opene ...

, and was screened at

64th Berlin International Film Festival The 64th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 6 to 16 February 2014. Wes Anderson's film ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' opened the festival. British film director Ken Loach was presented with the Golden Bear#Golden Bear .E2.80. ...

, in which it was awarded the Cinema Fairbindet Prize. The film also won the

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for best documentary. In 2018, Olsson directed ''That Summer'', a portrait of Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale featuring some 1972 lost footage by

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predating the 1975 documentary '' Grey Gardens''. The film premiered at the 68th Berlin Festival. In 2024, Olsson's documentary film ''Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989'' premiered out of competition at the

81st Venice International Film Festival The 81st annual Venice Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival was held from 28 August to 7 September 2024, at Venice Lido in Italy. French actress Isabelle Huppert served as Jury President for the main competition. Italian actress an ...

Selected filmography

* ''Fuck You, Fuck You Very Much'' (1998) * ''Am I Black Enough for You'' (2009) * '' The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975'' (2011) * '' Concerning Violence'' (2014) * ''That Summer'' (2018) * ''Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989'' (2024)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Olsson, Goran Hugo 1965 births Living people Swedish film directors Swedish screenwriters People from Lund