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. He began his career as an assistant director during the filming of

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's '' Vi på Saltkråkan'' (1964). He broke through in the late 1960s with popular television dramas such as '' Kullamannen'' (1967) and ''

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'' (1969), and later with ''

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'' (1975) and '' Sinkadus'' (1980). Krantz also wrote the screenplay for the animated films '' Peter-No-Tail'' (1981) and '' Agaton Sax och Byköpings gästabud'' (1976). Leif Krantz died in 2012 in

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south of

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after brief illness.Regissören Leif Krantz är död
Svenska Dagbladet, January 1, 2013.

Filmography

* 1964: '' Vi på Saltkråkan'' (TV) - assistant director * 1964: '' Tjorven, Båtsman och Moses'' (TV) - assistant director * 1965: '' Modiga mindre män'' (TV) - director, screenplay * 1967-1968: '' Kullamannen"'' (TV) - director * 1969: ''

'' (TV) - director, screenplay * 1972: '' Barnen i höjden'' (TV) - director, screenplay * 1972: '' Stora skälvan'' (TV) - director, screenplay * 1975: ''

'' (TV) - director, screenplay * 1976: '' Agaton Sax och Byköpings gästabud'' director, screenplay * 1976: '' Schaurige Geschichten'' (TV) - director, screenplay * 1977: '' Ärliga blå ögon'' (TV) director, screenplay * 1977: '' Så går det till på Saltkråkan'' (TV) - assistant director * 1980: '' Sinkadus'' (TV) - director, screenplay * 1981: ''

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'' - screenplay * 1983: '' Öbergs på Lillöga'' (TV) director, screenplay * 1985: '' Pelle Svanslös i Amerikatt'' - screenplay * 1985: '' Vägen till Gyllenblå!"'' (TV) - director * 1986: '' Skånska mord - Bessingemordet'' (TV) - director * 1988 Stoft och skugga (TV) - director, screenplay * 1989: '' Amforans gåta'' (TV) - director, screenplay * 1993-1995: '' Snoken'' (TV) - director * 2000 ''Ramakien'' (

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for TV) - director, screenplay

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Krantz, Leif 1932 births 2012 deaths Swedish film directors Swedish screenwriters Swedish male screenwriters Writers from Gothenburg Swedish television producers 20th-century Swedish people