Ruben Östlund (born 13 April 1974) is a Swedish film director. Originally a director of skiing film, he has directed three feature-length fiction films: The Guitar Mongoloid from 2004, Involuntary from 2008 and Play, released in 2011.[1]
Career
Ruben Östlund started as a director of skiing films in the 1990s, and eventually went on to study at the film school in Gothenburg, from which he graduated in 2001. He was accepted to the school based on his skiing films.[2] Together with film producer Erik Hemmendorff he is the co-founder of the production company Plattform Produktion, which produces his films.[3]
His 2004 film The Guitar Mongoloid won the FIPRESCI Award at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival.[4][5] Östlund's short film Incident by a Bank won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.[6] and Grand Prix at Tampere Film Festival in 2011.
Filmography
| Year | English title | Original title | Type |
| 1993 | Addicted | Skiing film |
| 1997 | Free Radicals | Skiing film |
| 1998 | Free Radicals 2 | Skiing film |
| 2000 | Låt dom andra sköta kärleken | Documentary |
| 2002 | Family Again | Familj igen | Documentary |
| 2004 | The Guitar Mongoloid | Gitarrmongot | Fiction feature |
| 2005 | Autobiographical Scene Number 6882 | Scen nr: 6882 ur mitt liv | Fiction short |
| 2008 | Involuntary | De ofrivilliga | Fiction feature |
| 2010 | Incident by a Bank | Händelse vid bank | Fiction short |
| 2011 | Play | Fiction feature |
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Östlund, Ruben |
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Film director |
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April 12, 1974 |
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Styrsö  Sweden |
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