Jörn Donner
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Jörn Johan Donner (5 February 1933 – 30 January 2020) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer, film director, actor, producer, politician, founder of Finnish Film Archive and a member of the Donner family of German descent. He was the son of the linguist Kai Donner and the grandson of linguist and politician Otto Donner.
Jörn Donner for long periods lived and worked in Sweden, and, among other things, served as director of the Swedish Film Institute. In 1979, he was a member of the jury at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival. Internationally Jörn Donner was best known as the producer of Ingmar Bergman's film Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander, 1982). In 1984 the movie won a total of four Academy Awards including the award for best foreign language film, making him to date the only Finn to receive an Oscar. His novel Far och son (Father and Son) won the Finlandia Prize in 1985.
Donner was associated with several different political parties, such as SDP and RKP, and was at different times a member both of the Finnish parliament and the European Parliament. Template:As of he was again a member of the Finnish parliament for a short while, after Eva Biaudet resigned to take a position at the OSCE.
Donner suffered from prostate and lung cancers.
Filmography
- Armi elää! (2015)
- Kuulustelu (2009)
- The Border (Raja 1918) (2007)
- Presidentti (2000)
- Ingmar Bergman: Om liv och arbete (1998)
- Brev från Sverige (1988)
- Dirty Story (1984)
- Yhdeksän tapaa lähestyä Helsinkiä (1982)
- Bergman File, The (1978)
- Men Can't Be Raped (1978)
- Ingmar Bergmanin maailma (1978)
- Near and Far Away (1976)
- Baksmälla (1973)
- Hellyys (1972)
- Perkele! Kuvia Suomesta (1971)
- Naisenkuvia (1970)
- Anna (1970)
- 69 – Sixtynine (1969)
- Mustaa valkoisella, (Black on White) (1968)
- Stimulantia (1967)
- Tvärbalk (1967)
- Här börjar äventyret, (Adventure Starts Here) (1965)
- Att älska, (To Love) (1964)
- Söndag i september, En, (A Sunday in September) (1963)
Bibliography
- 1951 – Välsignade liv
- 1952 – Slå dig inte till ro
- 1954 – Brev
- 1955 – Jag, Erik Anders
- 1957 – Bordet
- 1958 – Rapport från Berlin
- 1960 – På ett sjukhus
- 1961 – Helsingfors, Finlands ansikte
- 1962 – Djävulens ansikte – Ingmar Bergmans filmer
- 1962 – Rapport från Donau
- 1967 – Nya boken om vårt land
- 1968 – Världsboken
- 1968 – Musta Valkoisella
- 1971 – Sommar av kärlek och sorg
- 1972 – Marina Maria
- 1973 – Sverigeboken
- 1974 – Nu måste du
- 1976 – Angelas krig
- 1976 – Sagt och gjort
- 1978 – Jakob och friheten
- 1980 – Jag, Jörn Johan Donner född den 5 februari 1933 i Helsingfors
- 1981 – Angela och kärleken
- 1982 – Gabriels dag
- 1982 – Dagbok från filminstitutet
- 1984 – Far och son
- 1985 – Hemåt i höstregn
- 1985 – Viettelysten aika
- 1986 – Motströms
- 1986 – Presidenten
- 1989 – Frihetens fångar
- 1990 – Rapport från Europa
- 1991 – Fazer 100
- 1992 – Huset där jag bor
- 1993 – Tillfälligheters spel
- 1993 – Husrum
- 1994 – En kärleks historia
- 1998 – Varför finns jag till?
- 2001 – Hjärtat är en svekfull vän
- 2002 – Kärlekens ingenmansland
- 2004 – Livsbilder
- 2004 – Fåglars skugga
- 2005 – Himo, Rakkaus ja Raivo
- 2006 – Dödsbilder
- 2006 – I min fars fotspår – Resor i Sibirien förr och nu
- 2007 – Diktonius
- 2009 – Bergman: PM
- 2011 – Anteckningar om Mannerheim
- 2013 – Mammuten
- 2015 – Lilla mammuten
- 2015 – Sverige: resor i ett främmande land
- 2019 – Sista striden
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