Lasse Hallström

Lasse Hallström
Lena Olin and husband Lasse Hallström, 2013.
Born	Lars Sven Hallström (1946-06-02) 2 June 1946 Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1973–present
Spouse(s)	Malou Hallström (1974–1981) (divorced) Lena Olin (18 March 1994–present)

Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström (born 2 June 1946) is a Swedish film director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund) (1985) and later for The Cider House Rules (1999).

Life and career

Hallström was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His father was a dentist and his mother was the writer Karin Lyberg (1907–2000). His maternal grandfather, Ernst Lyberg, was the Minister of Finance in the first cabinet of Carl Gustaf Ekman (1926–1928) and leader of the Liberal Party of Sweden (1930–1933).

Hallström learned his craft making music videos, in particular for the group ABBA. Since the international success of My Life as a Dog (1985), for which he was nominated for Academy Awards for writing and directing, Hallström has worked in American movies. His first notable American success was What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). He reached his greatest level of prominence when he was nominated for an Academy Award for best director for the critically acclaimed movie The Cider House Rules (1999) and then later directed the well-received film Chocolat (2000), both of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

His 2012 film The Hypnotist was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.

Personal life

Hallström has two children, Johan (b. 1976) from his first marriage to Malou Hallström (died 3 February 2005) and Tora (b. 1995) with actress Lena Olin, his current wife.

Music videos

Almost all of ABBA's promotional films were directed and shot by Hallström, with the only (seven total) exceptions being "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), which were both directed by Kjell Sundvall and Kjell-Åke Andersson. In 1999, Hallström directed the music video for Northern Line's debut single "Run for Your life".

Videography

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

• 1974 – "Waterloo"
• 1974 – "Ring Ring"
• 1975 – "Mamma Mia"
• 1975 – "SOS"
• 1975 – "Bang-A-Boomerang"
• 1975 – "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
• 1976 – "Fernando"
• 1976 – "Dancing Queen"
• 1976 – "Money, Money, Money"
• 1977 – "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
• 1977 – "That's Me"
• 1977 – "The Name of the Game"
• 1978 – "Take a Chance on Me"
• 1978 – "Eagle"
• 1978 – "One Man, One Woman"
• 1978 – "Thank You for the Music"
• 1978 – "Summer Night City"
• 1979 – "Does Your Mother Know"
• 1979 – "Voulez-Vous"
• 1979 – "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
• 1979 – "Estoy Soñando"
• 1980 – "Conociéndome, Conociéndote"
• 1980 – "Gracias por la Música"
• 1980 – "The Winner Takes It All"
• 1980 – "Super Trouper"
• 1980 – "Happy New Year"
• 1980 – "Felicidad"
• 1981 – "When All Is Said and Done"
• 1981 – "One of Us"
• 1981 – "No Hay A Quien Culpar"
• 1982 – "Head over Heels"

Filmography

• 1975 – A Guy and a Gal
• 1977 – ABBA: The Movie
• 1979 – Father to Be
• 1981 – Tuppen
• 1983 – Happy We
• 1985 – My Life as a Dog
• 1986 – The Children of Noisy Village
• 1987 – More About the Children of Noisy Village
• 1991 – Once Around
• 1993 – What's Eating Gilbert Grape
• 1995 – Something to Talk About
• 1999 – The Cider House Rules
• 2000 – Chocolat
• 2001 – The Shipping News
• 2005 – An Unfinished Life
• 2005 – Casanova
• 2007 – The Hoax
• 2009 – Hachi: A Dog's Tale
• 2010 – Dear John
• 2011 – Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
• 2012 – The Hypnotist
• 2013 – Safe Haven

See also

• ABBA discography

External links

• Lasse Hallström at the Internet Movie Database
• Lasse Hallström at the Swedish Film Database