Bo Gunnar Widerberg ( Swedish: [ˈbuː ˈvîːdɛrbærj] ; 8 June 1930 – 1 May 1997) was a Swedish film director , writer , editor and actor.
19-483: Widerberg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bo Widerberg (1930–1997), Swedish film director, writer, and actor Frans Widerberg (1934–2017), Norwegian painter and graphic artist Henriette Widerberg (1796–1872), Swedish opera singer Johan Widerberg (born 1974), Swedish actor Siv Widerberg (1931–2020), Swedish writer and journalist [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
38-481: A comically stilted police dialogue and a helicopter crash in central Stockholm. It is based on the 1971 novel The Abominable Man by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö . The film won two Guldbagge Awards in 1977 , for Best Film and Best Actor ( Håkan Serner ). In 1984 came another crime film directed by Bo Widerberg, The Man from Majorca (1984), this time based on the novel The Pig Party by Leif G. W. Persson . His last feature All Things Fair (1995), about
57-769: A teacher's forbidden love affair with a student, played by his son Johan Widerberg, was awarded the Special Jury Prize Silver Bear and the Blue Angel Award at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival , the Audience Award at Gothenburg Film Festival , and 3 Guldbagge Awards . The film was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Bo Widerberg has also directed theatre, including at Dramaten and Malmö Stadsteater, in addition to TV theater for SVT . In 1996, he started
76-505: Is Den gröna draken , which was published in 1959 and is a satire on the advertising industry. The book was made into a film by Widerberg himself with the title Heja Roland! (1966). In 1962, Bo Widerberg's debate book The Vision in Swedish Film appeared. He was critical of the film that had been made in Sweden, not least of all by Ingmar Bergman whom he called "Our spirit's Dala horse in
95-559: Is a Golden Globe Award presented by Dick Clark Productions to reward theatrically-released feature film not in the English language . It was first introduced at the 7th Golden Globe Awards for the 1949 film year as Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film , and would return to be awarded yearly from the 1957 film year onwards; from 1948 to 1972, it existed alongside the Best English-Language Foreign Film category, which
114-543: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Bo Widerberg Widerberg was born in Malmö , Malmöhus County , Sweden . Bo Widerberg began his career as a writer. In 1952 came his first novel, Hösttermin . In the same year, his short story collection Kyssas, published by Bonnier, became a bestseller. His most successful book was the novel Erotikon (1957). The novel's title comes from Mauritz Stiller's silent film classic Erotikon (1920). Widerberg's last novel
133-603: The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film . For Ådalen 31 Widerberg won the Guldbagge Award for Best Director at the 6th Guldbagge Awards . For The Man on the Roof he won the award for Best Film at the 13th Guldbagge Awards . Source: [REDACTED] Media related to Bo Widerberg at Wikimedia Commons Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
152-696: The Special Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film . It won the prestigious Grand Prix of the Belgian Film Critics Association and received multiple awards in the 6th Guldbagge Awards . The film The Man on the Roof (1976) is pioneering Swedish crime film, known among other things for
171-415: The surname Widerberg . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Widerberg&oldid=1197373283 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
190-646: The Academy Awards. Before 1974, the award was given only infrequently, and with several films being jointly honoured per year. The most honored country in this category is the United Kingdom, with seven films honored, followed by Spain and France. Like the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, this award does not require that an eligible film be released in the United States. The official rules for
209-893: The U.S. during the specified period. Dick Clark Productions (through its Golden Globes, LLC subsidiary), which took over the presentation of the Golden Globes from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) in 2024, continues the HFPA's practice of not limiting the number of submitted films from a given country. This differs from the practice of the Academy Awards' presenter, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which limits each country to one submission per year. Notes: 1965-1972: Best Foreign Film – Foreign Language 1973-1985: Best Foreign Film 1986–present: Best Foreign Language Film Nine directors have won
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#1732870175535228-453: The award state that submitted films must be at least 70 minutes in length and have at least 51% of their dialogue in a language other than English, and that they be "first released in their country of origin during the 14-months period from November 1 to December 31, prior to the Awards". Films that were not released in their country of origin due to censorship qualify with a one-week release in
247-556: The lead role. With the latter, he made several films, including the American film Joe Hill (1971). The film Elvira Madigan (1967) received great international attention, and the lead actress Pia Degermark was awarded Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival that year . Ådalen 31 (1969), about the Ådalen shootings in 1931 when five demonstrators were shot dead by the military, also received critical acclaim. The film won
266-469: The southern entrance to the train, named Bo Widerberg place, was inaugurated in 2010. The site is located near Widerberg's former residence in the city. He won a Silver Bear prize at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival for All Things Fair and a Special Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Festival for Ådalen 31 . Raven's End , Ådalen 31 and All Things Fair all received a nominations for
285-623: The well-known Lilla film festival at Bio Scala in Båstad, which occurs annually at the beginning of August; what he called "the film festival of conversation and socializing" for quality film screenings and discussions in the more intimate format. In memory of the founder, the festival has been awarding the Bo Widerberg scholarship since 1997 to filmmakers who work in Widerberg's spirit. Widerberg died in Ängelholm , Sweden on 1 May 1997 of stomach cancer and
304-432: The world", and his films which he likened to "... an export item filled with undisguised exoticism". The essay collection gave him a chance to direct his own film: Gustav Scheutz surprisingly offered him to make a film at Europafilm . Widerberg made his feature film debut with The Baby Carriage (1963) with colleague Jan Troell as photographer, and in the same year came Raven's End (1963), both with Thommy Berggren in
323-573: Was buried in the New Cemetery in Båstad. He had four children: Nina, Martin, Johan, and Matilda. Johan has become an actor and his son Martin became a director. As a child, Nina Widerberg acted in five of her father's films, including Barnvagnen and The Man on the Roof . Johan played Detective Kollberg's son in The Man on the Roof . In conjunction with the City Tunnel in Malmö , a small plaza around
342-437: Was intended for English-language films made outside the United States. The two categories were fused into Best Foreign Language Film in 1973, now rewarding any non-American films regardless of language; this was reversed in 1986 when it was renamed to Best Foreign Language Film, although this last change also made American films in non-English language eligible, such as winners Letters from Iwo Jima and Minari . The award
361-440: Was originally an equivalent to the pre-existent Best English-Language Foreign Film , for English-language film made outside the United States. Since the 1987 change in the criteria for this award, its eligibility criteria have been considerably broader than those for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film ; films are notably not submitted by their country, and there is not limit of one-eligible film per country as in
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