Jörn Donner
Directing
Biography
Jörn Donner was a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer, film director, actor, producer, politician and founder of Finnish Film Archive. Internationally he was best known for his film Fanny and Alexander (1982), that won four Academy Awards, including the award for the best foreign language film. In Finland he was known for his work as an author, as well as having been member of both, Parliament of Finland and European Union.
Born: February 5, 1933
Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
Known For
Palme
Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was openly shot to death on a February evening 1986 on the streets of Stockholm. In one night, the country of Sweden was transfigured. “Palme” is about his life, his time, and about the Sweden he had created. About a man who altered history.
Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work
TV Documentary about Ingmar Bergman from 1998.
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki, shot by Pirjo Honkasalo and Eero Salmenhaara, is a documentary on the capital of Finland.
The Other Side of Hope
A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.
Donner - Private
Jörn Donner’s entire production can be considered as a self-portrait, a life-spanning performance. Whilst others have painted one image or another of Donner, John Webster’s interpretation differs in that it pulls most of its material from Donner’s last-intended interview in December 2019, and an immense never-before-seen collection of photographs from albums simply labelled “Donner – Privat”. As a result, the film morphs into an epilogue of sorts, of Donner’s life story.
Void
Eero’s career as an author is spiraling down: he just can’t get started with his new novel. The ambitious actor Pihla is about to get her international break. Neither of them is willing to sacrifice their career even though their relationship is doing worse than ever. Void is a comedy-drama about the price of success and the agony of failure, and about situations where your partner just doesn’t get it.
Men Can't Be Raped
A woman who has been raped by a man at a party plots and executes an elaborate and humiliating revenge.
Citizen Schein
Harry Schein was an anomaly in Swedish cultural society. Equal parts playboy, intellectual, and political visionary, his life story could very well be the foundation of a Hollywood film. Citizen Schein is a film about a refugee who refused to look back, a film about powerful men, and the myths that fuel them.
Fuck Off 2 - Images from Finland
In „Fuck Off 2“, Donner waxes sarcastic about the scourges in Finnish society by interviewing regular people. The film takes a theme of different living possibilities. Some people find happiness, others succumb to depression. Many still dream of a better life somewhere else. Donner himself undergoes cardiac surgery.
Stimulantia
Eight vignettes on a variety of topics, including a baby growing up, Charlie Chaplin, Birgit Nilsson, the racing track at Le Mans, erotic cleanliness, French literature, and a black woman in a cupboard in the neighborhood of Farsta near Stockholm.
Filmography
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Interviewer / Narrator / Himself
as Self
as Poker Player
as Self
as Elokuvatuottaja
as Jörkka Donner
as keskustelija televisiossa
as Gabriel
as Writer
as Self - Narrator
as Policeman
as Lasse, bilhandlare
as Petteri
as Pertti 'Pertsa'
as Timo Paasi
as Tohtori Bonell
as Juha Holm
as Narrator