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Fredrik Gertten (b. 1956)

Alias:
Carl Fredrik (von) Gertten
Carl Fredrik Gertten

Birthplace:
Malmö, Sweden

Born:
April 3, 1956

Biography from TheMovieDB

Carl Fredrik (von) Gertten was a Swedish filmmaker and journalist. Gertten had a prolific career spanning journalism across continents—Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Europe—through the 1980s and 1990s. In 1995, he authored the travel book "Ung man söker världen" (Young Man Looking for the World) under the Gong Gong förlag publishing. His journalistic contributions extended to newspapers like Arbetet until its closure in 2000 and Kvällsposten from 2001 to 2003. Gertten ventured into television production, producing documentaries and entertainment shows for Swedish channels SVT, TV 4, and TV 3. Notably, in 2009, his production company faced a defamation lawsuit from Dole Food Company following the US screening of "Bananas!"—a documentary exploring a conflict between Dole and Nicaraguan banana plantation workers over alleged sterility cases linked to the pesticide DBCP. The court eventually ruled in favor of Gertten's production company, inspiring his 2011 documentary "Big Boys Gone Bananas!" highlighting the legal battle.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Director:
1998  True Blue
2000  Walk on water
2002  True Blue 2
2003  Bye Bye Malmö
2005  An Ordinary Family
2006  The death of a working man's newspaper
2007  The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower
2009  Bananas!*
2011  Big Boys Gone Bananas!*
2012  Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
2015  Becoming Zlatan
2015  Bikes vs Cars
2019  Push
2023  Breaking Social

Executive Producer:
1998  True Blue
2000  Walk on water
2002  True Blue 2
2003  Bye Bye Malmö
2005  An Ordinary Family
2006  The death of a working man's newspaper
2006  Thin Ice
2007  The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower
2009  Bananas!*
2011  Big Boys Gone Bananas!*
2011  Love Always, Carolyn
2012  Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
2015  Becoming Zlatan
2015  Bikes vs Cars
2019  Push
2023  Breaking Social

First Assistant Camera:
1998  True Blue
2000  Walk on water
2002  True Blue 2
2003  Bye Bye Malmö
2005  An Ordinary Family
2006  The death of a working man's newspaper
2006  Thin Ice
2007  The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower
2009  Bananas!*
2011  Big Boys Gone Bananas!*
2011  Love Always, Carolyn
2012  Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
2015  Becoming Zlatan
2015  Bikes vs Cars
2019  Push
2023  Breaking Social

Producer:
1998  True Blue
2000  Walk on water
2002  True Blue 2
2003  Bye Bye Malmö
2005  An Ordinary Family
2006  The death of a working man's newspaper
2006  Thin Ice
2007  The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower
2009  Bananas!*
2011  Big Boys Gone Bananas!*
2011  Love Always, Carolyn
2012  Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
2015  Becoming Zlatan
2015  Bikes vs Cars
2019  Push
2023  Breaking Social

Writer:
1998  True Blue
2000  Walk on water
2002  True Blue 2
2003  Bye Bye Malmö
2005  An Ordinary Family
2006  The death of a working man's newspaper
2006  Thin Ice
2007  The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower
2009  Bananas!*
2011  Big Boys Gone Bananas!*
2011  Love Always, Carolyn
2012  Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas
2015  Becoming Zlatan
2015  Bikes vs Cars
2019  Push
2023  Breaking Social

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