Jösta Hagelbäck

Jösta Hagelbäck, born Nils Gösta Hagelbäck, was a Swedish film-director, writer, actor, poet, artist and musician. Studied the film directing program at the Dramatic Institute, Stockholm, in the 70's. Jösta Hagelbäck was considered an offbeat and gifted artist. An invitation to Hollywood took hom nowhere. But the feature film "Kejsaren/The Emperor" (1979) did. He directed a number of feature films, documentaries, music videos and television productions. The cinematographer Thomas Ljungqvist made in 2005 the award-winning documentary film about Jösta Hagelbäck called "Desperadon från Kolsva".

Born:

Oct 13, 1945 In Kolsva, Västmanlands län, Sweden

Movie/TV Credits:

6

First Appeared:

In the movie Near and Far Away 1976-11-08

Latest Project:

Movie Prisoners of Beckett 2005-10-21