A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
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.
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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Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
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