Lasse Hallström

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Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström (Template:IPA; born 2 June 1946) is a Swedish film director. He first became known for directing almost all music videos by the pop group ABBA, and came to international attention with his 1985 feature film My Life as a Dog, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. He is also known for What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), The Cider House Rules (1999), and Chocolat (2000).

Early life and education

Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> was born on 2 June 1946 in Stockholm, Sweden.<ref name=sfd>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=tributeca>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> His father was a dentist<ref name=filmref>Template:Cite web</ref> and keen amateur videographer; his mother was the author and poet Karin Lyberg.<ref name=gg>Template:Cite web</ref>

He attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm,<ref name="fokus 141010">Template:Cite web</ref> where he made his first music video<ref name=gg/> and 8 mm films.<ref name=abba2018>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career

Hallström at a Career Achievement Tribute at the 2013 Miami International Film Festival

Template:Refimprove In the late 1960s, Hallström worked as a director of short pop music clips at Sveriges Television.<ref name=abba2018/>

He made his directorial debut in 1973, directing the comedy series Pappas pojkar for Swedish TV. He frequently collaborated with comic actors Magnus Härenstam and Brasse Brännström during his Swedish period.

Between 1974 and 1982, Hallström worked with the Swedish group ABBA on many of their music videos<ref name=abba2018/> and also directed their 1977 film ABBA: The Movie. Almost all of ABBA's promotional films were directed and shot by Hallström, with only seven exceptions: "When I Kissed the Teacher" (1977); "Chiquitita" (1979), which was made by the BBC; "I Have a Dream" (1979); "On and On and On" (1980); "Lay All Your Love on Me" (1981); "The Day Before You Came" (1982), and "Under Attack" (1982), the latter two being directed by Kjell Sundvall and Kjell-Åke Andersson.

After the international success of My Life as a Dog (1985), Hallström started working in Hollywood. His first English-language film was Once Around (1991). His first notable English-language success was What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), starring Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Hallström made a number of successful film adaptations from novels. In 1999, The Cider House Rules was released. He followed that success the following year by directing Chocolat, starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche, and Judi Dench, which was a critical and box-office success. His 2001 film The Shipping News was adapted from a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by E. Annie Proulx and starred Kevin Spacey, Judi Dench, Julianne Moore, and Cate Blanchett.

His 2011 film Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Paul Torday and starred Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt.

His 2017 film, A Dog's Purpose, based on the 2010 novel of the same name, was billed as "a celebration of the special connection between humans and their dogs".<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Hallström directed and executive produced the 2024 American-Icelandic Nordic Noir thriller television series The Darkness, starring his wife Lena Olin, who has collaborated with him on other films.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Awards and nominations

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Awards and nominations received by Hallström's films
Year Title Academy Awards BAFTA Awards Golden Globe Awards
Nominations Wins Nominations Wins Nominations Wins
1985 My Life as a Dog 2 1 1 1
1993 What's Eating Gilbert Grape 1 1
1995 Something to Talk About 1
1999 The Cider House Rules 7 2 1 2
2000 Chocolat 5 8 4
2001 The Shipping News 2 2
2011 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen 3
2014 The Hundred-Foot Journey 1
Total 15 2 12 0 15 1

Personal life

Hallström married media personality and actress Template:Ill in 1974. They divorced in 1981.Template:Cn

In 1990, he met actress Lena Olin, and they married on 18 March 1994. They have a daughter. In 2011 the couple were residing in Bedford, New York, and also had a home in the Stockholm Archipelago.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=filmref/>

Hallström turned vegan in 2014.<ref name=cordova2014>Template:Cite web</ref>

Videography

(The following is a complete list of all the ABBA music videos that were directed by Lasse Hallström.) Template:Div col

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Filmography

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See also

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