Lasse Hallström

Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström{{cite book |last1=Karlsson |first1=P. |last2=Härenstam |first2=M. |title=Morsning och goodbye |publisher=Bokförlaget Forum |year=2015 |isbn=978-91-37-14334-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mBDQBgAAQBAJ |language=sv |access-date=12 January 2025 |page=}} was born on 2 June 1946 in Stockholm, Sweden.{{cite web |title=Lasse Hallström |website=SFdb |date=2 June 1946 |url=https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=person&itemid=70630#biography |access-date=12 January 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://brockhaus.de/ecs/enzy/article/hallstr%C3%B6m-lasse| website=Brockhaus Enzyklopädie|lang=de| title=Lasse Hallström}}{{cite web | title=Lasse Hallström biography and filmography | website=Tribute | url=https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/lasse-hallstrom/3926/ | access-date=1 April 2024}}{{cite web | title=Hallström, Lasse | website=Proleksis enciklopedija | url=https://proleksis.lzmk.hr/53735/ | language=hr | access-date=1 April 2024}} His father was a dentist{{cite web | title=Lasse Hallstroem Biography (1946-) | website=Film Reference | url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/72/Lasse-Hallstroem.html | access-date=1 April 2024}} and keen amateur videographer; his mother was the author and poet Karin Lyberg.{{cite web| url=https://www.filminstitutet.se/contentassets/c2f879001d1b439dbd160de4aee3c9c5/gilbert_grape.pdf| publisher=Svenska Filminstitutet |first= Michael |last=Forsman| title=Gilbert Grape: Filmhandledning| date=1994}}

He attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm,{{cite web |url=http://www.fokus.se/2014/10/lars-erik-brannstrom |title=Lars Erik Brännström |author= Stefan Westrin |publisher=Fokus (Swedish weekly news magazine) |date=10 October 2014 |access-date=2014-12-06 }} where he made his first music video and 8 mm films.{{cite web | title=Lasse Hallström | website=ABBA | date=13 April 2018 | url=https://abbasite.com/people/lasse-hallstrom/ | access-date=2 April 2024}}

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In the late 1960s, Hallström worked as a director of short pop music clips at Sveriges Television.

He made his directorial debut in 1973, directing the comedy series Pappas pojkar for Swedish TV. He frequently collaborated with comic actors Magnus Härenstam and Brasse Brännström during his Swedish period.

Between 1974 and 1982, Hallström worked with the Swedish group ABBA on many of their music videos and also directed their 1977 film ABBA: The Movie. Almost all of ABBA's promotional films were directed and shot by Hallström, with only seven exceptions: "When I Kissed the Teacher" (1977); "Chiquitita" (1979), which was made by the BBC; "I Have a Dream" (1979); "On and On and On" (1980); "Lay All Your Love on Me" (1981); "The Day Before You Came" (1982), and "Under Attack" (1982), the latter two being directed by Kjell Sundvall and Kjell-Åke Andersson.

After the international success of My Life as a Dog (1985), Hallström started working in Hollywood. His first English-language film was Once Around, but his first notable English-language success was What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), starring Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Hallström made a number of successful film adaptations from novels. In 1999, The Cider House Rules was released. He followed that success the following year by directing Chocolat, starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche, and Judi Dench, which was a critical and box-office success. His 2001 film The Shipping News was adapted from a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by E. Annie Proulx and starred Kevin Spacey, Judi Dench, Julianne Moore, and Cate Blanchett.

His 2011 film Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Paul Torday and starred Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt.

His 2017 film, A Dog's Purpose, based on the 2010 novel of the same name, was billed as "a celebration of the special connection between humans and their dogs".{{Citation | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38659155| title=A Dog's Purpose filmmakers face animal cruelty accusations – BBC News| newspaper=Bbc.com| date=19 January 2017 | access-date=21 January 2017}}

Hallström directed and executive produced the 2024 American-Icelandic Nordic Noir thriller television series The Darkness, starring his wife Lena Olin, who has collaborated with him on other films.{{cite web |last=Morris |first=Anthony |title=Lena Olin's fiery performance brings light to 'The Darkness' |website=SBS What's On |date=7 January 2025 |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/lena-olins-fiery-performance-brings-light-to-the-darkness/o9wj79z5y |access-date=12 January 2025}}

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• 1985: Nominated, as screenwriter and director, for My Life as a Dog{{cite book|title=501 Movie Directors|editor-first=Steven Jay|editor-last=Schneider|publisher=Cassell Illustrated|location=London|year=2007|page=495|isbn=9781844035731|oclc=1347156402}}
• 1993: What's Eating Gilbert Grape earned several nominations and a win for DiCaprio's performance
• 1999: Nomination, Academy Award for best director, for The Cider House Rules; also six additional Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, with Michael Caine winning the Best Supporting Actor award and John Irving winning Best Adapted Screenplay.
• 2000: Chocolat, nominations for Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Academy Awards including Academy Award for Best Picture. Binoche and Dench won Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively at both the European Film Awards and the Screen Actors' Guild awards
• 2001: The Shipping News: Winner, Golden Bear award at the Berlin International Film Festival; Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for its lead and supporting actors
• 2011: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, nominated for three Golden Globe Awards in the Comedy or Musical category, including Best Motion Picture, Best Actor for McGregor, and Best Actress for Blunt; nominated for the European Film Awards People's Choice Award
• 2012: The Hypnotist selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards{{cite news |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lasse-hallstroms-hypnotist-is-swedens-368353 |title=Lasse Hallstrom's 'The Hypnotist' is Sweden's Oscar Candidate |access-date=2011-09-06 | work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=2011-09-06}}

Hallström married media personality and actress {{ill|Malou Hallström|sv}} in 1974. They divorced in 1981.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

In 1990, he met actress Lena Olin, and they married on 18 March 1994. They have a daughter. In 2011 the couple were residing in Bedford, New York, and also had a home in the Stockholm Archipelago.{{cite news |first=Josefin |last=Olevik |title=Så förgörs en regissör |url=http://www.fokus.se/2011/04/sa-forgors-en-regissor/ |work=Fokus |date=4 April 2011 |access-date=19 February 2014 |language=sv}}{{cite news |title=Lena Olin: Gudarna ska veta att passionen kan vara plågsam |url=http://www.dn.se/livsstil/intervjuer/lena-olin-gudarna-ska-veta-att-passionen-kan-vara-plagsam/ |work=Dagens Nyheter |date=23 May 2011 |access-date=19 February 2014 |language=sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210215342/http://www.dn.se/livsstil/intervjuer/lena-olin-gudarna-ska-veta-att-passionen-kan-vara-plagsam/ |archive-date=10 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}

Hallström turned vegan in 2014.{{cite web | last=Cordova | first=Randy | title=Lasse Hallström talks 'Hundred-Foot Journey' | website=azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic | date=7 August 2014 | url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/movies/2014/08/05/lasse-hallstrm-talks-hundred-foot-journey/13609571/ | access-date=1 April 2024}}

(The following is a complete list of all the ABBA music videos that were directed by Lasse Hallström.)

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• 1974 – "Waterloo"
• 1974 – "Ring Ring"
• 1975 – "Mamma Mia"
• 1975 – "SOS"
• 1975 – "Bang-A-Boomerang"
• 1975 – "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
• 1976 – "Fernando"
• 1976 – "Dancing Queen"
• 1976 – "Money, Money, Money"
• 1977 – "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
• 1977 – "That's Me"
• 1977 – "The Name of the Game"
• 1978 – "Take a Chance on Me"
• 1978 – "Eagle"
• 1978 – "One Man, One Woman"
• 1978 – "Thank You for the Music"
• 1978 – "Summer Night City"
• 1979 – "Does Your Mother Know"
• 1979 – "Voulez-Vous"
• 1979 – "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"
• 1979 – "Estoy Soñando"
• 1980 – "Conociéndome, Conociéndote"
• 1980 – "Gracias por la Música"
• 1980 – "The Winner Takes It All"
• 1980 – "Super Trouper"
• 1980 – "Happy New Year"
• 1980 – "Felicidad"
• 1981 – "When All Is Said and Done"
• 1981 – "One of Us"
• 1981 – "No Hay A Quien Culpar"
• 1982 – "Head over Heels"

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• 1975 – A Guy and a Gal
• 1977 – ABBA: The Movie
• 1979 – Father to Be
• 1981 – Tuppen
• 1983 – Two Boys and a Girl
• 1985 – My Life as a Dog
• 1986 – The Children of Noisy Village
• 1987 – More About the Children of Noisy Village
• 1991 – Once Around
• 1993 – What's Eating Gilbert Grape
• 1995 – Something to Talk About
• 1999 – The Cider House Rules
• 2000 – Chocolat
• 2001 – The Shipping News
• 2005 – An Unfinished Life
• 2005 – Casanova
• 2006 – The Hoax
• 2009 – Hachi: A Dog's Tale
• 2010 – Dear John
• 2011 – Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
• 2012 – The Hypnotist
• 2013 – Safe Haven
• 2014 – The Hundred-Foot Journey
• 2017 – A Dog's Purpose
• 2018 – The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
• 2022 – {{ill |Hilma (film)|sv|lt=Hilma|italic=yes}}
• 2024 – The Darkness (TV series)

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• ABBA discography

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• [http://imvdb.com/n/lasse-hallstrom Lasse Hallström] at the Internet Music Video Database
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20151002092016/http://www.biography.com/people/lasse-hallstr%C3%B6m-9542297 Lasse Hallström] Life Sequence

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