Directing

Isabella Eklöf

Born February 10, 1978 · Östra Ryd, Sweden (age 48)

Isabella Jenny Karolina Eklöf (born 10 February 1978; Östra Ryd) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter. Eklöf attended the National Film School of Denmark. She served on the crew as a "runner" for the 2008 Swedish film Let the Right One In. Eklöf co-wrote the 2018 Swedish film Border with director Ali Abbasi; together they expanded on the source material, a short story by John Ajvide Lindqv…

Known For

Let the Right One In

Let the Right One In · 2008

Let the Right One In

MovieHorrorDrama

When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.

Holiday

Holiday · 2018

MovieDramaCrime

Sascha, the young and beautiful trophy girlfriend of a Danish drug lord, arrives at his holiday villa in the seaside town of Bodrum, on the Turkish Riviera, where she is welcomed into his inner circle. Under the summer sun, she lives a carefree dream of luxury and fun until she meets Tomas, a Dutch traveler trying to discover himself.

Border

MovieFantasyDrama

When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, she is forced to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.

Kalak

Jan, a nurse who is also a father, was sexually abused by his father as a teenager. Working in Nuuk, Greenland, he tries to connect to the culture with sex. When someone calls him a Kalak, a Greenlandic word with a double meaning of both a "true" and "dirty" Greenlander, he wears the epithet as a badge of honor. Ultimately, he has to confront his father.

Triptych

Triptych · 2007

A three-part short film of women's roles, power, frustration and desires. Three small movies that form a unit together. The first film treats the anxiety of being subordinate, the second film treats the frustration of being near somebody who wants to kill and the third film is about wanting someone.

I'm My Own Dolly Parton

I'm My Own Dolly Parton · 2011

I'm My Own Dolly Parton

MovieDocumentary

Five women musicians are brought together by their love for singer Dolly Parton. They all have dreams for their futures, but they are also burdened by their painful pasts. During a series of tribute concerts a warm friendship develops which leads to in-depth descriptions of the women's life stories.

Willy Kyrklund

Willy Kyrklund · 2002

MovieDocumentary

Short documentary portrait of the acclaimed author and poet.

Notes from Underground

Notes from Underground · 2011

Notes from Underground

MovieCrimeDrama

A bitterly ironical view on the absurd everyday life of a pedophile and the little girl he keeps in his cellar.

Filmography

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Let the Right One In

Let the Right One In · 2008

Let the Right One In

MovieHorrorDrama

When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.

Location Assistant

Holiday

Holiday · 2018

MovieDramaCrime

Sascha, the young and beautiful trophy girlfriend of a Danish drug lord, arrives at his holiday villa in the seaside town of Bodrum, on the Turkish Riviera, where she is welcomed into his inner circle. Under the summer sun, she lives a carefree dream of luxury and fun until she meets Tomas, a Dutch traveler trying to discover himself.

Director

Border

MovieFantasyDrama

When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, she is forced to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.

Screenplay

Kalak

Jan, a nurse who is also a father, was sexually abused by his father as a teenager. Working in Nuuk, Greenland, he tries to connect to the culture with sex. When someone calls him a Kalak, a Greenlandic word with a double meaning of both a "true" and "dirty" Greenlander, he wears the epithet as a badge of honor. Ultimately, he has to confront his father.

Director

Triptych

Triptych · 2007

A three-part short film of women's roles, power, frustration and desires. Three small movies that form a unit together. The first film treats the anxiety of being subordinate, the second film treats the frustration of being near somebody who wants to kill and the third film is about wanting someone.

Director

I'm My Own Dolly Parton

I'm My Own Dolly Parton · 2011

I'm My Own Dolly Parton

MovieDocumentary

Five women musicians are brought together by their love for singer Dolly Parton. They all have dreams for their futures, but they are also burdened by their painful pasts. During a series of tribute concerts a warm friendship develops which leads to in-depth descriptions of the women's life stories.

Additional Photography

Willy Kyrklund

Willy Kyrklund · 2002

MovieDocumentary

Short documentary portrait of the acclaimed author and poet.

Director

Notes from Underground

Notes from Underground · 2011

Notes from Underground

MovieCrimeDrama

A bitterly ironical view on the absurd everyday life of a pedophile and the little girl he keeps in his cellar.

Screenplay

Welcome to Barbaristan

Welcome to Barbaristan · 2009

Welcome to Barbaristan

A clash of cultures takes place when a dark skinned girl guests a German family as an exchange student.

Editor

Industry

Industry · 2020

In the cutthroat world of international finance, a group of young graduates compete for a limited set of permanent positions at a top investment bank in London. The boundaries between colleague, friend, lover, and enemy soon blur as they immerse themselves in a company culture defined as much by sex, drugs and ego as it is by deals and dividends.

Director

Servant

Servant · 2019

SeriesDramaMystery

A Philadelphia couple are in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home.

Director

The Death of Bunny Munro

The Death of Bunny Munro · 2025

The Death of Bunny Munro

Travelling salesman Bunny Munro takes his son around Sussex following the death of his wife Libby. And while Bunny’s grief and his addictions threaten to derail their road trip entirely, a serial killer dressed as the Devil makes his own way down to Brighton.

Director