Johan Palmgren

Photographer, director, producer

CV

2010

Release of short film “Love without an end/ Kärlek utan slut”. Photo and co-director with Åsa Blanck.

Release of the series “Kvartersdoktorn”. Seven half hours on SVT 1, starting on the 23 of March at 21.30. Photo and co-director with Åsa Blanck.

2009

Release of the 60 minutes documentary ”Under a layer of snow” for TV and film festivals. Director, producer and co-photographer.

2008

Release of the 85 minutes documentary ”The Swindler” for cinema and TV. Photo and co-director with Åsa Blanck.
Festivals: Wroclaw International Film Festival, Polen. Lybeck International FIlm Festival, Germany. Leipzig International FIlm Festival. Full Frame Festival in Washington, USA. Hot Docs, Canada. Full Frame Docu Film Festival, Durham, North Carolina.

Release of the 13 minutes short documentary ”Anders & Harri” for TV and film festivals. Photo and co-director with Åsa Blanck.
Festivals: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Nordic Panorama in Odense, Denmark. Helsinki International FIlm Festival. International Short Film Festival, Nijmegen, Holland. Norweigan Short Film Festival. Minsk International Film Festival.

Release of 60 minutes documentary ”Den Nya Cinna” for TV. Photo and producer.

2007

Release of the 60 minutes documentary ”Sverker Åström på sin ålders vår” for TV. Photo and co-director.

2006

Release of 85 minutes documentary ”The Substitute” for cinema and TV. Photo and co-director.
Festivals: Oslo International Film Festival (first prize). Silver Docs Film Festival, Washington, USA. Osaka International Film Festival, Japan. Copenhagen Doxx, Denmark.

2005

Travelled around the world making interview programs for TV.

2004

University studies in film, Stockholm.
Photo exhibition about artists within black music together with a photo book.

2002–03

Release of the 60 minutes documentary “Ebba & Torgny and Love’s wondrous ways” for cinema and TV. Photo and co-director with Åsa Blanck.
Festivals: Leipzig International Film Festival (first prize). Pärn International Film Festival (first prize).

2001

Release of the 35 minutes documentary film”Mulishani Mulishani” for cinema and TV. Photo, director and producer.
Festivals: Brief encounters in Bristol (The Rizla award), Flicker fest, Australia (The National Geographic first prize). The International Film Festival of Turin, Molodist Film Festival, Kiev. Vila do Conde (the audience award). World Fest, Houston, USA (First Prize).

1997–2004

Started working as a camera-man, producer and reporter for the production company Moderna Tider in Stockholm. Participated in around 20 documentary films for SVT, TV4, TV3, TV8 and several news-stories.

1996

Own furniture- and film-company.

1993–95

College of design and furniture-making, Malmsten’s School of Design.

1990-1993

Own furniture company.

1991

Started making films on 16 mm film.

1989–90

Different jobs: longshoreman, cleaner, farmer, teacher, cabinet-maker, building roofs, working in a grain silo, dish-washer.

1988

Studies in french and ancient history in Lund.

1987

Studies at University in Montpellier, France, one year.

1986

Graduated from high-school, natural sciences.

1981

School in Bedford, England.

1974-1983

Swedish compulsory school.

1969

Moved to Lund, Sweden.

1967

Born in Uppsala, Sweden.