Mats Helge (b. 1953)

Alias:
Mats Helge Olsson

Birthplace:
Lidköping, Sweden

Born:
May 10, 1953

Mats Helge Olsson is a Swedish producer, screenwriter and director. He started out as a filmmaker creating lingonberry westerns, a paraphrase on the concept of spaghetti westerns. Several well known and respected Swedish actors participated in the film projects. Together with the Swedish actor Per Oscarsson, he made "Sverige åt svenskarna/Sweden to the Swedes" (1980) that resulted in a debt of SEK 16 million and the film project went bankrupt after a few months.  Further on in the 1980s, Mats Helge started a film factory where he produced several English-language low budget action films. 15 feature films in all came out of Mats Helge's initiative.

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Director:
1975  Dead Man's Trail
1977  The Frozen Star
1979  Heja Sverige!
1980  Tvingad att leva
1984  The Ninja Mission
1985  Blood Tracks
1986  Eagle Island
1987  Ghost Hunters
1988  Animal Protector
1988  Fatal Secret
1989  The Hired Gun
1989  The Mad Bunch
1989  The Russian Ninja
1992  Nordexpressen
1994  The Forgotten Wells

Producer:
1975  Dead Man's Trail
1977  The Frozen Star
1979  Heja Sverige!
1980  Sverige åt svenskarna
1980  Tvingad att leva
1984  The Ninja Mission
1985  Blood Tracks
1986  Eagle Island
1987  Ghost Hunters
1988  Animal Protector
1988  Fatal Secret
1989  The Hired Gun
1989  The Mad Bunch
1989  The Russian Ninja
1992  Nordexpressen
1994  The Forgotten Wells

Pyrotechnic Supervisor:
1975  Dead Man's Trail
1977  The Frozen Star
1979  Heja Sverige!
1980  Sverige åt svenskarna
1980  Tvingad att leva
1984  The Ninja Mission
1985  Blood Tracks
1986  Eagle Island
1987  Ghost Hunters
1988  Animal Protector
1988  Fatal Secret
1989  The Hired Gun
1989  The Mad Bunch
1989  The Russian Ninja
1992  Lena Ph: Agent 006
1992  Nordexpressen
1994  The Forgotten Wells

Screenplay:
1975  Dead Man's Trail
1977  The Frozen Star
1979  Heja Sverige!
1980  Sverige åt svenskarna
1980  Tvingad att leva
1984  The Ninja Mission
1985  Blood Tracks
1986  Eagle Island
1987  Ghost Hunters
1988  Animal Protector
1988  Fatal Secret
1989  The Hired Gun
1989  The Mad Bunch
1989  The Russian Ninja
1992  Lena Ph: Agent 006
1992  Nordexpressen
1994  The Forgotten Wells

Writer:
1975  Dead Man's Trail
1977  The Frozen Star
1979  Heja Sverige!
1980  Sverige åt svenskarna
1980  Tvingad att leva
1984  The Ninja Mission
1985  Blood Tracks
1986  Eagle Island
1987  Ghost Hunters
1988  Animal Protector
1988  Fatal Secret
1989  The Hired Gun
1989  The Mad Bunch
1989  The Russian Ninja
1992  Lena Ph: Agent 006
1992  Nordexpressen
1994  The Forgotten Wells

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