Jonas Grimås

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Jonas Grimås

Born August 17, 1958 · Uppsala, Sweden (age 68)

Jonas Grimås (born 7 August 1958) is a Swedish film and television director, based in London since 1988. He was educated at the Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm, and then the Royal College of Art in London. 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. In 2011 he was named "Cultural Personality of the Year…

Known For

The ThiefThe Thief · 2019
The Thief
2019
MovieDrama
A businessman. A homeless man. £20.
Bakom Sällskapsresan IIIBakom Sällskapsresan III · 1989
Bakom Sällskapsresan III
1989
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
Come along behind the scenes when Sällskapsresan III is recorded. The documentary alternates between the filming of many of the well-known scenes, clips from the film and interviews with the actors such as Lasse Åberg, Jon Skolmen and Birgitte Söndergaard, as well as the creative forces behind the camera, including producer Bo Jonsson.
Wallander: The PhotographerWallander: The Photographer · 2006
Wallander: The Photographer
★ 5.32006
MovieCrimeThriller
When an American tourist is found murdered after visiting an internationally renowned photographer, her husband believes she was having an affair. Kurt Wallander decides to investigate.
Camilla Läckberg: The PreacherCamilla Läckberg: The Preacher · 2007
Camilla Läckberg: The Preacher
★ 5.12007
MovieCrimeDrama
A boy finds a dead woman. When police move the corpse they find the skeletons of two women who disappeared in the seventies.
Camilla Läckberg: The Ice PrincessCamilla Läckberg: The Ice Princess · 2007
Camilla Läckberg: The Ice Princess
★ 4.92007
MovieCrimeThriller
Erica returns to her hometown for her parents funeral and her childhood friend murdered
MaroonedMarooned · 1994
Marooned
★ 10.01994
MovieDrama
The film centers around Peter Camaron, who works at Left Luggage at a train station.
Wallander: The TricksterWallander: The Trickster · 2006
Wallander: The Trickster
★ 4.92006
MovieThrillerCrime
While Kurt Wallander works on a murder case involving a charming yet evil horse dealer who plays on the vulnerability of lonely women, he finds himself romantically involved with a married woman.
Silent WitnessSilent Witness · 1996
Silent Witness
★ 7.61996
SeriesCrimeDrama
A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.

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Tre kronorTre kronor · 1994
Tre kronor
★ 5.61994
SeriesDramaSoap
Tre kronor was a Swedish soap opera that aired on TV4 during the period 1994-1999. The series took place in the fictive middle class suburb Mälarviken, located in the vicinity of Stockholm. The exteriors were filmed in Sätra, a suburb of Stockholm, and the interiors were filmed in a studio in Kvarnholmen as well as in Kungens Kurva. Tre kronor aired at the same time period as Rederiet was on SVT and the shows where rivals of the viewers and they both had around 1-2 million viewers. TV4 started Tre kronor in 1994 to compete for the viewers of Rederiet. The signature tune was written by Lasse Holm. The spin-off movie Reine och Mimmi i fjällen! was based on two of the characters; Reine and Mimmi. The series had a dramatic ending where all the characters besides six were fatally wounded in a suicide bombing that took place at the local restaurant Tre Kronor. It was a priest himself who was the perpetrator. Two big cliffhangers in the series was when Hans Wästberg, played by Ulf Brunnberg, robbed the post office and shot his son Hans-Åke by mistake. Hans Wästberg was taken to prison and disappeared from the series after the second season. Season Three ended with Sirpa "Bimbo" Koskinen, the girlfriend of Hans-Åke Wästberg, died in a bus crash. Salongo played by Richard Sseruwagi was a refugee and a rich business man from Uganda who fell in love with a married police woman Lena Sjökvist played by Catharine Hansson and he later bought the restaurant Tre Kronor. Later in the series, Salongo buys another restaurant and he to disappeares from the series.

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