Axel Danielson (director)
{{short description|Swedish documentary film director, and producer}}
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| birth_date = 1976
| birth_place = Vittskövle, Sweden
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| years_active = 2004–present
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Axel Danielson is a Swedish film director and producer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/give-me-the-backstory-get-to-know-axel-danielson-and-maximilien-van-aertryck-the-filmmakers-behind-and-the-king-said-what-a-fantastic-machine/|title=Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck, the Filmmakers Behind "And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine"|website=sundance.org|access-date=2023-07-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/437371/|title=Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck • Directors of And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine|website=cineuropa.org|date=25 January 2023 |access-date=2023-07-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/119224-interview-dp-axel-danielson-and-maximilien-van-aretryck-fantastic-machine/|title="Our Material Spans 150 Years of Camera Technology": DPs Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aretryck on Fantastic Machine|website=filmmakermagazine.com|date=30 January 2023 |access-date=2023-07-05}}
Life and career
Danielson was born in Vittskövle, Sweden.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mountainfilm.org/people/axel-danielson/|title=AXEL DANIELSON|website=mountainfilm.org|access-date=2023-07-05}} He worked as a firefighter in Kristianstad for three years before film studies at the Valand Academy in Gothenburg.{{Cite web|url=https://pro.festivalscope.com/director/axel-danielson|title=Axel Danielson|website=pro.festivalscope.com|access-date=2023-07-05}} In 2012 he founded the master program Cinematic Processes at the Valand Academy. His graduation film was Summer Clouds (Sommarlek), which won an award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. He is the co-owner of the production company Plattform Produktion.{{Cite web|url=https://www.efp-online.com/en/news/2023/20230117_EuropeHub_Sundance.php|title=europe! hub at sundance|website=efp-online.com|access-date=2023-07-05}}
Danielson's first feature documentary film Twin Brothers - 53 Scenes in Chronological Order (Pangpangbröder), premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2011/films/twin-brothers-53-scenes-from-a-childhood|title=Twin Brothers, 53 Scenes from a Childhood|website=iffr.com|access-date=2023-07-05}} In 2016, he co-directed Ten Meter Tower (Hopptornet), along with Maximilien Van Aertryck, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short film.{{Cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/2016/programme/201612257.html|title=Ten Meter Tower|website=berlinale.de|access-date=2023-07-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2017/2018-oscars-shortlist-best-documentary-short/amp/?fbclid=IwAR12NvTERg5T_e8InvTvsSHh1FG-97DevRqzSmj3cP_v1fyMSjAWwITsxPw|title=2018 Oscars shortlist: 10 semi-finalists for Best Documentary Short|website=goldderby.com|date=6 December 2017 |access-date=2023-07-05}} In 2023, he co-directed And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine, together with his long-term collaborator Maximilien Van Aertryck, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/fantastic-machine-turns-the-camera-on-itself-in-eye-opening-documentary/|title="Fantastic Machine" Turns the Camera on Itself in Eye-opening Documentary|website=sundance.org|access-date=2023-07-05}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Title ! Contribution ! Note |
|---|
| | 2023
| And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine | Director, writer and producer | Documentary |
| | 2023
| Liv | Editor | Documentary |
| | 2021
| Jobs for All! (Arbete åt Alla!) | Director | 1 episode |
| | 2018
| A Good Week for Democracy | Editor and producer | Documentary |
| | 2016
| Because the World Never Stops | Director, writer, editor, cinematographer and producer | Documentary |
| 2016
|Fight on a Swedish Beach!! | Editor and producer | Documentary |
| 2016
|Ten Meter Tower (Hopptornet) | Director, editor, cinematographer and producer |Documentary |
| 2016
|Extramaterial | Writer and editor |Documentary |
| 2011
|Twin Brothers - 53 Scenes in Chronological Order (Pangpangbröder) | Director, writer, editor and cinematographer |Documentary |
| 2004
|Summer Clouds (Sommarlek) | Director | Short film |
Awards and nominations
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| Year
!Result !Award !Category !Work !Ref. |
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| rowspan="3"|2023
|style="background: #ddffdd"| Won |Special Jury Award: Creative Vision |rowspan="3"|Fantastic Machine |{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/sundance-film-festival-awards-2023-winners-list-1235241722/|title=Sundance Awards: 'The Persian Version', 'Kokomo City' Among Repeat Winners As 'A Thousand And One', 'Going To Mars' Claim U.S. Grand Jury Prizes|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=27 January 2023 |access-date=2023-07-05}} |
| style="background: #ddffdd"| Won
|Berlin International Film Festival |AG Kino Gilde - Cinema Vision 14plus and Special mention |
| style="background: #ddffdd"| Won
|Seattle International Film Festival |Youth Jury Prize For Best Futurewave Feature |
| 2022
|style="background: #ddffdd"| Won |Audience Award | Jobs for All! (Arbete åt Alla!) |
| rowspan="2"|2018
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |News and Documentary Emmy Awards |Outstanding New Approaches: Documentary |rowspan="4"|Ten Meter Tower (Hopptornet) |
| style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated
|Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking |
| rowspan="3"|2017
|style="background: #ddffdd"| Won |Best Documentary Short Film |
| style="background: #ddffdd"| Won
|Best Short Film |
| style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated
|Best Short Film |Because the World Never Stops |
| rowspan="2"|2016
|style="background: #ddffdd"| Won |Best European Documentary Short |rowspan="2"|Ten Meter Tower (Hopptornet) | |
| style="background: #ddffdd"| Won
|Best Swedish short |
| 2005
|style="background: #ddffdd"| Won |Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival |Sleepwalkers Grand Prize |Summer Clouds (Sommarlek) | |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2779434|Axel Danielson}}
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