Jan Lindkvist

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1941-04-21 (83 years old)

Place of Birth Säffle, Sweden

Also Known As Jan Lindqvist

Jan Lindkvist

Biography

Jan Lindqvist, born 1941, in Säffle, is a Swedish filmmaker, director, cinematographer, and screenwriter, best known for his collaboration with director/writer Stefan Jarl in “Dom kallar oss mods/They Call Us Misfits” (1968). Jan Lindqvist made his first official documentary in 1962, “Medevi brunn”, was accepted at the Filmskolan in Stockholm where he met with Stefan Jarl. The two explored the offbeat parts of the city, made a couple of short documentaries on youth issues and became well known through the feature film “Dom kallar oss mods”. They used up the money they had made on the film to create the ultimate documentary called “Förvandla Sverige/ Transform Sweden”. In the 70’s Jan Lindqvist produced a couple of films with Marie Cederquist in Latin America. “Tiden är en dröm/ Time is a Dream” (1999) – a film about Sweden 1859-1879. Jan Lindqvist has received a large number of awards over the years

Known For

Director

1977
Agripino

as Director

1975
Bojkott

as Director

1974
Transform Sweden

as Director

1974
¡Tupamaros!

as Director

1971
Soporna

as Director

1970
Bolivia efter Che

as Director

1968
1966
Snutarna

as Director

1964
1962
Medevi brunn

as Director

Camera

1979
A Respectable Life

as Director of Photography

1976
We Have Our Own Song - The Music Movie

as Director of Photography

1968
They Call Us Misfits

as Director of Photography

Writer

1968

Crew

2022
Off Track

as Stunt Coordinator