About

Known credits:
27
Birthday:
1956-04-03
Place of birth:
Malmö, Sweden
Website:
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Fredrik Gertten

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2011 Big Boys Gone Bananas!* Actor Self 59
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Directing
2023 Breaking Social Directing Director N/A
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2019 Push Directing Director 59
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2019 PUSH : Chassés des villes Directing Director N/A
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2015 Bikes vs Cars Directing Director 59
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2015 Becoming Zlatan Directing Director 59
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2012 Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas Directing Director N/A
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2011 Big Boys Gone Bananas!* Directing Director 59
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2009 Bananas!* Directing Director 59
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2007 The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower Directing Director N/A
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2006 The death of a working man's newspaper Directing Director N/A
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2005 An Ordinary Family Directing Director N/A
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2003 Bye Bye Malmö Directing Director N/A
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2002 True Blue 2 Directing Director 59
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2000 Walk on water Directing Director N/A
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1998 True Blue Directing Director 59
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Writing
2015 Bikes vs Cars Writing Writer 59
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2011 Big Boys Gone Bananas!* Writing Writer 59
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2000 Walk on water Writing Writer N/A
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1998 True Blue Writing Writer 59
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Production
2019 Push Production Executive Producer 59
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2015 Bikes vs Cars Production Executive Producer 59
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2011 Love Always, Carolyn Production Executive Producer 59
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2009 Bananas!* Production Producer 59
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2006 Thin Ice Production Executive Producer N/A
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2000 Walk on water Production Producer N/A
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Camera
2000 Walk on water Camera First Assistant Camera N/A
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