Björn Runge
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Björn Runge in 2013.
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Björn Lennart Runge 26 June 1961 Lysekil, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | Director, author |
| Years active | 1984-present |
Björn Lennart Runge (born 21 June 1961) is a Swedish director and author. He was nominated for The Nordic Council Film Prize in 2006 for Mun mot mun.
Runge was born in Lysekil. He has worked in film since he was 20, and has worked with Roy Andersson, amongst others. He graduated from the Dramatiska Institutet in in 1989.
In 1991, he worked on the prizewinning short film Greger Olsson kjøper en bil, and in 1993, he won an Guldbagge Award for the best directing and script for the film Om jäg vänder mig om. The film also won a Blue Angel at the Berlin Film Festival in the same year.
In 2006, he was nominated for The Nordic Council Film Prize for Mun mot mun with the producer Clas Gunnarson. The film deals with a family in crisis when their daughter, Vera, comes home with Morgan, an old criminal. Her father, Mats, fights desperately to win his daughter back.
Runge has directed a number of short films and TV productions.
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