Johan Brisinger

{{Short description|Swedish film director and writer }}

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Johan Brisinger is a Swedish film writer and director.

The short film Passing Hearts, which Brisinger wrote and directed in 2004, was honoured with several awards at film festivals around the world, including the audience award at the Berlinale.{{Cite web |title = Berlinale 2004 Awards |url = http://www.berlinale.de/media/pdf_word/service/vor_55_ifb/54_IFB_Awards_2004.pdf |doi = |accessdate = 24 January 2010

}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} At the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, it came in second in the adult live action category.{{Cite web |title=2004 CICFF Awards |publisher=Chicago International Children's Film Festival |url=http://www.cicff.org/bin/file/docs/Award%20List%202004.pdf |accessdate=24 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412161607/http://www.cicff.org/bin/file/docs/Award%20List%202004.pdf |archivedate=12 April 2016}}

In 2006, Brisinger made his debut as a feature film writer and director with the drama Suddenly (Underbara älskade), starring Michael Nyqvist and Anastasious Soulis. It won the Peoples Choice Award at the Guldbagge Awards in 2007.{{Cite web |title=Suddenly |publisher=Swedish Film Institute |url=http://www.sfi.se/en-gb/Swedish-film/Swedish-Film-Database/?type=MOVIE&itemid=62126&iv=Awards |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110613121248/http://www.sfi.se/en-gb/Swedish-film/Swedish-Film-Database/?type=MOVIE&itemid=62126&iv=Awards |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 June 2011 |access-date=24 January 2010}}

His second feature, Among Us (Änglavakt), starring Nyqvist, Izabella Scorupco, and Tchéky Karyo was released in Sweden in March 2010.{{cite web|title=Among Us |url=http://www.dramasvecia.se/ |website=dramasvecia.se |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815055617/http://www.dramasvecia.se/ |access-date=22 April 2022|archive-date=15 August 2011 }}{{cite web|title=Among Us |url=http://www.sfinternational.se/film/among-us |website=sfinternational.se |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723005149/http://www.sfinternational.se/film/among-us |access-date=22 April 2022|archive-date=23 July 2011 }}

He directed two Nordic noir TV series based on crime novels by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellström: Box 21 (2020) and Cell 8 (2022). Both starred Leonard Terfelt and Mimosa Willamo as detectives Ewert Grens and Mariana Hermansson, respectively.{{cite web | last=Morris | first=Anthony | title=Nordic Noir gets personal: director Johan Brisinger on murder mystery ‘Cell 8’ | website=SBS Television | date=20 July 2023 | url=https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/nordic-noir-gets-personal-director-johan-brisinger-on-murder-mystery-cell-8/te8gfwqjc | access-date=17 February 2024}}{{imdb title|15731802|Roslund & Hellström: Cell 8}}{{imdb title|10505002|Roslund & Hellström: Box 21}} Box 21 was filmed in Bucharest and Stockholm,{{cite web | last=Blaga | first=Iulia | title=Swedish TV Series Based on Crime Bestsellers Shot in Romania | website=FilmNewEurope.com | date=29 November 2019 | url=https://www.filmneweurope.com/news/romania-news/item/119222-swedish-tv-series-based-on-crime-bestsellers-shot-in-romania#:~:text=BUCHAREST%3A%20Romanian%20company%20Seven%20Film,Anders%20Roslund%20and%20B%C3%B6rge%20Hellstr%C3%B6m. | access-date=17 February 2024}} while Cell 8 was filmed in Estonia.