Björn Runge

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1961-06-21 (63 years old)

Place of Birth Lysekil, Göteborgs och Bohus län, Sweden [now Västra Götalands län, Sweden]

Also Known As Björn L Runge

Björn Runge

Biography

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". Björn Runge has worked in film since he was 20, and has worked with Roy Andersson, amongst others. He graduated from the Dramatiska Institutet in Stockholm in 1989. In 1991, he worked on the prize winning short film "Greger Olsson kjøper en bil", and in 1993, he won a Guldbagge 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. Runge has also directed a number of short films and TV productions.

Known For

Director

Every Note Played

as Director

2022
2018
The Wife

as Director

2011
Happy End

as Director

2005
Mouth to Mouth

as Director

2005
The Fish

as Director

2003
Daybreak

as Director

1997
The Volcano Man

as Director

1996
Harry & Sonja

as Director

1993

Writer

2005
Mouth to Mouth

as Writer

2005
The Fish

as Writer

2003
Daybreak

as Writer

1999
1997
The Volcano Man

as Writer

1996
Harry & Sonja

as Writer

1993

Producer

2018
The Wife

as Executive Producer

1997
The Volcano Man

as Producer

Editor