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Lukas Moodysson

Directing

Born January 17, 1969 · Lund, Skåne County, Sweden

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Biography

Karl Frederik Lukas Moodysson (born 17 January 1969) is a Swedish author and film director. First appearing in public as an ambitious poet in the 1980s, he had his big public, and international, breakthrough directing the 1998 romance film Show Me Love. He has since directed a string of films with different styles and public appeal, as well as continued to write both poetry and novels. In 2007, the Guardian ranked Moodysson 11th in its list of the world’s best directors, describing his directorial style as “heartfelt and uncompromising.” Description above from the Wikipedia article Lukas Moodysson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Awards & recognition

  • Annual award ACFK · 2025
  • Guldbagge Award — Best Screenplay · 2023
  • Region Skånes kulturpris · 2014
  • Gullspiran · 2013
  • Stig Dagerman Prize · 2003
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  • Guldbagge Award — Best Screenplay · 2002
  • Guldbagge Award — Best Director · 2002
  • Guldbagge Award — Best Director · 1998
  • Guldbagge Award — Best Screenplay · 1998
  • Kurt Linders stipendium · 1998
  • European Film Award — Best Film · 2004 · nominated
  • European Film Award — Best Film · 2002 · nominated
  • European Film Award — European Discovery of the Year · 2000 · nominated
  • European Film Award — Best Film · 1999 · nominated

Filmography6 titles

Lilya 4-Ever

2002Director, Screenplay

Show Me Love

1998Director, Screenplay

We Are the Best!

2013Director, Screenplay

Together

2000Director, Idea, Screenplay, Script, Story, Writer

Mammoth

2009Director, Writer

A Hole in My Heart

2004Art Direction, Camera Operator, Costume Design, Director, Director of Photography, Production Design, Production Manager, Screenplay