Kay Pollak

Kay Pollak
Kay Pollak in 2015.
Born	Kay Gunnar Leopold Pollak (1938-05-21) 21 May 1938 Gothenburg, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1972-present
Spouse(s)	Carin Pollak (m. 1986)

Kay Gunnar Leopold Pollak (born 21 May 1938) is a Swedish film director.

Career

After a long break from film-making, he returned in 2004 with As It Is in Heaven (Så som i himmelen), a major box office success in Sweden. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also nominated for no less than eight Swedish Guldbagge Awards, including Best Direction and Best Film, but received none.

TV and Filmography

The secret reality / Den Hemliga Verkligheten (1973) - script by Kay and Annamaria Pollak. Actors include Bertil Norström, Claes Elefalk, Stig Ossian Ericson and Peter Lindgren.
Elvis! Elvis! (1976) - based on the book by Maria Gripe. Actors include Lele Dorazio and Allan Edwall. Entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival.^[1]
Children's Island (Barnens ö) (1980) - based on the book by P. C. Jersild. Actors include Börje Ahlstedt and Tomas Fryk. It won the awards for Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor (Hirdwall) at the 17th Guldbagge Awards.^[2] It was also entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.^[3]
Love Me! (Älska mig) (1986) - about a teenaged girl called Sussie (Anna Lindén) who is placed in a foster home. It was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.^[4]
As It Is in Heaven (Så som i himmelen) (2004) - actors include Michael Nyqvist and Frida Hallgren.

References

↑ "10th Moscow International Film Festival (1977)". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
↑ "Barnens ö (1980)". Swedish Film Institute. 9 March 2014.
↑ "IMDB.com: Awards for Children's Island". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
↑ "Berlinale: 1986 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-01-14.

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External links

Kay Pollak at the Internet Movie Database
Kay Pollak at the Swedish Film Database
Swedish Institute information sheet: Swedish cinema gaining ground - On the success of As It Is in Heaven and other contemporary Swedish films.

Guldbagge Award for Best Director

1963–1990	Ingmar Bergman (1963/64) Arne Sucksdorff (1964/65) Alf Sjöberg (1965/66) Jan Troell (1966/67) Kjell Grede (1967/68) Bo Widerberg (1968/69) Lars Lennart Forsberg (1969/70) Tage Danielsson (1971/72) Johan Bergenstråhle (1972/73) Vilgot Sjöman (1973/74) Hasse Alfredson (1974/75) Jan Halldoff (1975/76) Marianne Ahrne (1976/77) Olle Hellbom (1977/78) Stefan Jarl (1978/79) Kay Pollak (1980/81) Hasse Alfredson (1981/82) Ingmar Bergman (1982/83) Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (1984) Hasse Alfredson (1985) Suzanne Osten (1986) Kjell Grede (1987) Max von Sydow (1988) Åke Sandgren (1989) Kjell Grede (1990)

1991–present	Anders Grönros (1991) Colin Nutley (1992) Clas Lindberg (1993) Ulf Hultberg & Åsa Faringer (1994) Bo Widerberg (1995) Kjell Sundvall (1996) Daniel Alfredson (1997) Lukas Moodysson (1998) Ella Lemhagen (1999) Roy Andersson (2000) Jan Troell (2001) Lukas Moodysson (2002) Björn Runge (2003) Tomas Alfredson (2004) Ulf Malmros (2005) Ylva Gustavsson & Catti Edfeldt (2006) Roy Andersson (2007) Tomas Alfredson (2008) Lisa Siwe (2009) Pernilla August (2010) Ruben Östlund (2011) Gabriela Pichler (2012) Per Fly (2013) Ruben Östlund (2014) Magnus von Horn (2015)

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