Johan Kling (born Carl-David Johan Natt och Dag, 7 August 1962,) is a Swedish
film director
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,
screenwriter
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, and novelist. His debut movie, ''
Darling'' (2007), received numerous nominations and won several awards.
Career
Kling started his career in the early 1980s as a musician in the pop group
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Sydsvenskan.se 2 February 2009 (in Swedish) and went on to make television commercials and direct TV shows.
Film
''Darling''
His debut feature, ''
Darling'', which he wrote and directed, was released in 2007. The movie is based on a short film, ''Jag'', made a few years earlier. ''Darling'' is "a dark comedy about morals and manners in Stockholm" and stars
Michael Segerström
Karl Kristian Mikael Segerström (born 20 May 1944) is a Swedish actor and director.
Segerström was born in Lund and has worked at theatres in Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Helsingborg as well as in film with ''Jönssonligan'' and others. He spec ...
and
Michelle Meadows. The latter's performance was praised highly by ''
Variety
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Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
'', which also gave acclaim to Kling's "smooth" direction.
After winning the Best Film award, the "Nordic Film Prize", at the 2007
Gothenburg Film Festival
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, ''Darling'' garnered almost every possible prize in Sweden. At the 2007
Guldbagge Award
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s, ''Darling'' was nominated in six categories and won the awards for Best Male Actor and Best Cinematography. The film was also awarded for Best Film of 2007 by the Swedish Association of Film Critics.
''Darling'' had its international premiere at the
San Sebastián International Film Festival
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in Spain, where it competed in the New Directors section.
''Trust Me''
Kling announced in 2008 that his next film would be ''
Trust Me'', again starring Meadows and Segerström.
Writing
Kling's first novel, ''Människor helt utan betydelse'', was published in 2009, and tells the story of a
PR worker and his girlfriend. The Swedish newspaper ''
Svenska Dagbladet
(, "The Swedish Daily News"), abbreviated SvD, is a daily List of Swedish newspapers, newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden.
History and profile
The first issue of appeared on 18 December 1884. During the beginning of the 1900s the pap ...
'' thought it one of the more notable Swedish books of the year.
Kling has since published the novels ''Glasmannen'' (2014), ''Lycka'' (2019), and ''Repris'' (2023).
Filmography
* ''
Darling'' (2007)
* ''
Trust Me'' (2010)
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Living people
1962 births
Swedish film directors
21st-century Swedish novelists
Swedish male novelists
Novelists from Stockholm