Jonas Grimås

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Jonas Grimås
Born	Jonas Kristofer Ulfson Grimås (1958-08-07) 7 August 1958 Uppsala, Sweden

Jonas Grimås (born 7 August 1958) is a Swedish film director today based in London. He was educated at Dramatiska Institutet 1987-89 and then the Royal College of Art.

In 1988 he won the BAFTA Film Award for best short film with Artisten. He was also nominated in 1995 for best short film with Marooned.

He started out working on Swedish soap-operas but has made a name for himself making British crime dramas. He was a regular contributor to ITV’s Heartbeat having directed 30 episodes. He has also directed episodes of, Hamish Macbeth, Silent Witness and Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind starring Clive Owen.^[1]

While based in London he has taken on Swedish projects directing two Inspector Kurt Wallander films and the high profile job of turning Camilla Läckberg best-selling novels Predikanten (The Preacher) and Isprinsessan (The Ice Princess) into television among others.

Grimås is at present working on a motion picture about the The von Sydow Murders (The von Sydow Murder Mystery).

References

↑ Jonas Grimås

External links

Jonas Grimås at the Internet Movie Database
Jonas Grimås at the Swedish Film Database
Jonas Grimås website

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Name	Grimas, Jonas
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Date of birth	7 August 1958
Place of birth	Uppsala, Sweden
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