Director

Jan Lindkvist

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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 0All crew credits: 10

TMDB ID: 224421

IMDb ID: nm0511951

Known for: Directing

Born: April 21, 1941

Age: 84

Place of birth: Säffle, Sweden

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1966 - 2022

Years active: 57

Average TMDB rating: 6.59

Wikidata: Q1682015

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Jan Lindqvist

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Director (6)Director of Photography (2)Editor (1)Stunt Coordinator (1)

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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

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