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Jörn Donner
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Jörn Johan Donner was a Finnish film director, politician, film producer, and journalist. Born in Helsinki in 1933, he held citizenship in Finland and was educated at the University of Helsinki. His professional career began in 1951, and he worked in locations including Strasbourg, Brussels, Helsinki, and Los Angeles. He spoke and wrote in Finnish and Swedish, with Swedish as his native language.
Donner served as a Member of the European Parliament and as a consul. He was a member of the Finnish People's Democratic League, the Swedish People's Party of Finland, and the Social Democratic Party of Finland. He was married to Jeanette Bonnier and was the unmarried partner of Harriet Andersson. He had six children.
His notable works include *Ingmar Bergman*, *Isän jalanjäljillä*, *Eurooppa-raportti*, *Angela och kärleken*, and *Anstalten*. He received the Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland, the Swedish Academy Finland Prize, and the Karl Emil Tollander Prize. He died in 2020.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 48
Top works
- Ingmar Bergman
- Isän jalanjäljillä
- Eurooppa-raportti
- Angela och kärleken
- Anstalten
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Film & TV
Helsinki, Finland
Jörn Donner was a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer, film director, actor, producer, politician and founder of Finnish Film Archive. Internationally he was best known for his film Fanny and Alexander (1982), that won four Academy Awards, including the award for the best foreign language film. In Finland he was known for his work as an author, as well as having been member of both, Parliament of…
Known for
- Donner - Private — Self (archive footage)2021
- The Dinosaur — Self2021
- En film om Jörn Donner — Himself2019
- The Memory of Ingmar Bergman — Himself2018
- Void — Himself2018
- Citizen Schein — Self2017
- Fuck Off 2 - Images from Finland — Interviewer / Narrator / Himself2017
- The Other Side of Hope — Poker Player2017
- Palme — Self2012
- The Interrogation — Narrator (Uncredited)2009
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Johan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Helsinki
- Spouse
- Jeanette Bonnier
- Father
- Kai Donner
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Position held
- Member of the European Parliament
- Political party
- Social Democratic Party of Finland
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Native language
- Swedish
- Image
- Jörn Donner MEP 1994.jpg
- Number of children
- 6
- Work location
- Los Angeles
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- Commons category
- Jörn Donner
- date of birth
- 1933-02-05
- unmarried partner
- Harriet Andersson
- name in native language
- Jörn Donner
- birth name
- Jörn Johan Donner
- pseudonym
- Bjorn Thunder
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-01-30
- manner of death
- natural causes
- ethnic group
- Finland Swedes
- P10632
- Jörn Donner
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