Lisa Langseth (born 20 April 1975) is a Swedish screenwriter and film director. Her writing and directing film credits include ''
Pure'' (2009), ''
Hotell
''Hotell'' is a 2013 Swedish drama film written and directed by Lisa Langseth. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
The film received four nominations at the 49th Guldbagge A ...
'' (2013) and ''
Euphoria
Euphoria ( ) is the experience (or affect) of pleasure or excitement and intense feelings of well-being and happiness. Certain natural rewards and social activities, such as aerobic exercise, laughter, listening to or making music and da ...
'' (2017).
Career
Langseth began her career as a
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for Theatre, theatrical performance rather than just
Readin ...
and theatre director. In 2004 she directed
Noomi Rapace
Noomi Rapace (; ; born 28 December 1979) is a Swedish actress.Karen Olsson, ''The New York Times Magazine'', 27 May 2012, p. 26. She achieved international fame with her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish film adaptations of the ''Mil ...
in the play ''Beloved'' which she had also written. In 2006 she directed the short film ''Godkänd''.
In 2009 she directed her debut film ''
Pure'', an adaptation of one of her plays starring
Alicia Vikander
Alicia Amanda Vikander (; ; born 3 October 1988) is a Swedish actress. List of awards and nominations received by Alicia Vikander, Her accolades include an Academy Award and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and three British Academy Film ...
as Katarina. Langseth was awarded the
2010 Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay for her work on the film, along with receiving a nomination for the
Guldbagge Award for Best Director
The Guldbagge for Best Director is a Sweden, Swedish film award presented annually by the Swedish Film Institute (SFI) as part of the Guldbagge Awards (Swedish: "Guldbaggen") to Film director, directors working in the Swedish film, motion picture ...
.
Langseth's 2013
comedy-drama
Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, il ...
''
Hotell
''Hotell'' is a 2013 Swedish drama film written and directed by Lisa Langseth. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
The film received four nominations at the 49th Guldbagge A ...
'' debuted at the
2013 Toronto International Film Festival
The 38th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 5 and 15, 2013. ''The Fifth Estate (film), The Fifth Estate'' was selected as the opening film and ''Life of Crime (film), Life o ...
in the Contemporary World Cinema program. The film reunited her with
Alicia Vikander
Alicia Amanda Vikander (; ; born 3 October 1988) is a Swedish actress. List of awards and nominations received by Alicia Vikander, Her accolades include an Academy Award and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and three British Academy Film ...
. For her work in the film, she received a nomination for the
2014 Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay.
Her most recent film is titled ''
Euphoria
Euphoria ( ) is the experience (or affect) of pleasure or excitement and intense feelings of well-being and happiness. Certain natural rewards and social activities, such as aerobic exercise, laughter, listening to or making music and da ...
'', featuring regular collaborator Vikander, along with
Eva Green
Eva Gaëlle Green (; ; born ) is a French British-based actress, known for appearing in blockbuster and independent films, in which she often portrays eccentric, villainous, and complex characters. The daughter of actress Marlène Jobert, she ...
and
Charlotte Rampling
Tessa Charlotte Rampling (born 5 February 1946) is an English actress. An icon of the Swinging London, Swinging Sixties, she began her career as a model. She was cast in the role of Meredith in the 1966 film ''Georgy Girl'', which starred Lynn ...
. It has been described as a
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
set in a "fictional euthanasia clinic." It was her English-language debut and had a 2017 release. It describes a conflict between two sisters, Ines (
Alicia Vikander
Alicia Amanda Vikander (; ; born 3 October 1988) is a Swedish actress. List of awards and nominations received by Alicia Vikander, Her accolades include an Academy Award and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and three British Academy Film ...
) and Emilie (
Eva Green
Eva Gaëlle Green (; ; born ) is a French British-based actress, known for appearing in blockbuster and independent films, in which she often portrays eccentric, villainous, and complex characters. The daughter of actress Marlène Jobert, she ...
), who then travel through Europe towards a mystery destination. It is described as a drama/mystery.
In 2019,
Netflix
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announced that Langseth would be the creator for its second Swedish-language TV series, ''
Love & Anarchy''. It premiered on
Netflix
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on 4 November 2020.
Filmography
*''
Pure''
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Hotell
''Hotell'' is a 2013 Swedish drama film written and directed by Lisa Langseth. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
The film received four nominations at the 49th Guldbagge A ...
''
*''
Euphoria
Euphoria ( ) is the experience (or affect) of pleasure or excitement and intense feelings of well-being and happiness. Certain natural rewards and social activities, such as aerobic exercise, laughter, listening to or making music and da ...
''
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Love & Anarchy''
References
External links
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Swedish film directors
Swedish women film directors
Living people
1975 births
People from Stockholm